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Hairy Senna (Senna hirsuta)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Found on a roadside
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Orange Wild Rhea (Debregeasia longifolia)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Found in a large cluster near a roadside by a small water source
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Sycanus falleniObserver
cbm_tamasatDescription
Bright red insect with speckled black and white spot on its abdomen and fairly long, black and white striped legs. Long, proboscis-like head
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Large-toothed Ferret Badger (Melogale personata)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Found in a hole in a large rock in a corn field; the woman who caught it identified it in Lao as a "nuu nor," which translates to bamboo rat (note this could just be a translation from the woman's ethnic language rather than a formal Lao name). She said they eat corn (it was killed to protect the crop and as a protein-rich meal for the family). Apparently common but not too common, as the woman identified it without hesitation, but her sister-in-law reported it was her first time seeing one
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Mexican Sunflowers (Genus Tithonia)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Grows in great quantities across Xiengkhouang and Houaphan Provinces, covering whole mountains with speckled yellow blossoms when they bloom in late fall/early winter
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True Gingers (Genus Zingiber)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Growing low to the ground in a mountainous corn field--a local said that the plant can be boiled and eaten when young, but that this specimen was already old
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Black Golden Orbweaver (Nephila kuhli)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Slightly larger than a human palm (including legs), found in a corn field, late afternoon
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Melastomes (Family Melastomataceae)Observer
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Found next to a stream
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Spiny Orb-Weaver Spider (Gasteracantha diadesmia)Observer
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Found constructing and climbing along a thin web
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Thin vine, near stream
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Snakeroots (Genus Ageratina)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Growing by stream near cow pastures
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Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths (Superfamily Geometroidea)Observer
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Waves and Mochas (Subfamily Sterrhinae)Observer
cbm_tamasatDescription
Appears quite similar to a gem moth, but without spots
