Bark mimicking Mantis

Mark, you can find all kinds of habitat and bio-diversity in Thailand. Be it tropical rainforest, wetlands, mountainous forests, coasts and islands, and the secretive Mekong river area, highly unexplored. Many National Parks protect habitats and give an excellent opportunity to discover tropical flora and fauna.

Mark, I differentiate plantation from forest. Plantation is man-made and although it is a source of bio-diversity, the habitat itself used to be open woodland before it became a plantation. It is very interesting though, like I spotted more than 30 bird species in and around my plantation. The other bio-diversity I find in my "wild" garden. I let grow what grows and that gave me a variety of flora and fauna just around the house. Add to that that my house is the base for many nesting birds, loads of Geckos including the Tokay Gecko, and of course more than a handful of insects. The third bio-diversity I found just 5 km from home, the forest on a hill. It's a temple forest, meaning no hunting, fishing, trapping, poisoning, resulting in a great bio-diversity. It's quite large and I explore up to 7 different trails until now, and more to come, all about 1-2 hour walk (and back). It's great, I love that forest!