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northern fringe of the Bangkok
rice bowl, the PUKAE BOTANICAL
GARDEN and surrounding
Royal Forest Department
experimental areas are
excellent spots for insect collecting.
Many large native and planted
trees grow in the botanical
garden. The natural tangled
understory has been cleared
and a thick carpet of herbs
and grass, 6'' to 3' deep, covers
the dead leaves on the ground.
Most specimens were taken
in this herbage in filtered light
or complete shade, though collecting
in deep grass and taller
bushes in the full sunlight
of clearings was also
productive. Ponds and a small
stream, bordered by grass,
were good spots for odarata and
Orthoptera.

Black light, set up on
a hilltop near the rest house,
attracted small aquatics and
a few moths, but collecting
was spectacular. Heavy
rain fell late in the afternoon

and early in the evening, and
the sky remained cloudy,
with sporadic rainfall
during light collecting.
The vegetation on surrounding
hills is entirely disturbed;
small trees (some planted teak) and secondary
growth, everywhere in full
leaf and lush growth of
the rainy season, comprise
the main flora.

Diurnal temperature - 85° F,
weather very humid, partially
cloudy.

STOP 274 - THAILAND: YAN HEE
DAM [Bhumibol Dam], 250 METERS, VII-13-62
100 specimens

This very large hydroelectric
project, under construction by
a Utah company, is situated
in rocky hills west of the
main N-S. Bangkok-Lampang
road. The life zone is geared
to a monsoon climate - rainy
season beginning in July,

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