June Fraser’s Hill adventure

Gopeng – Fraser’s Hill Trip , Jun 2009 Part 3/3

Sunset at Fraser’s Hill along the new road

After Gopeng, we drove to Fraser’s Hill and spent a few days at our ‘home-away-from-home’.  On arrival at the bungalow, the smell of durians greeted us !  Mrs Lim knew we are crazy about durians and have secured 5 local durians for us ! 

We had the durians after our dinner and breakfast.
The next day, more durians were delivered to the Bungalow !
We ate as much as we could and kept the remainder for supper for our mid-night outings.

A sample of the food we had during our stay

I have a few moth lifers, the highlight being Elibia dolichus (m).

The rest of the lifers are smaller moths which are too many to mention.  Below are some of the more colourful and interesting moths we saw during the trip :

For butterflies I didn’t have any lifer but there were still a few good ones.  I managed a record shot of the Yellow Orange Tip (Ixias pyrene) which I only managed to catch a glimpse in my May trip.  This will go on my ‘to shoot list’ for future trips.

Below are some ‘unusual’ butterfly shots from the trip …

The Red Calihp (Enispe intermedia), flapping its wings and showing the upperside.

The Tailed Judy (Abisara neophron) in flight
 

Tawny Palmfly (Elymnias panthera) taking off

Malayan Branded Yamfly (Yasoda pita) taking off

The Malayan Owl (Neorina lowii) taking off

I also managed to take some bird shots :

A pair of Greater Yellownape Woodpecker

and a Great Hornbill in flight !

This is yet another fantastic and fruitful trip to Malaysia !
 
=> Go to Part 2/3 – “Butterflies of Gopeng“
=> Go to Part 1/3 – “Gopeng - Rafflesia, Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing and Durians”