What about a thread compiling encounters with Thailands many and varied creepy crawlies..most of which quite harmless,some even eaten,..but a few really nasty ones as well.
One of the oddest unpleasantness I had with a Thai bug was on my way out of ChiangMai on my trusty Honda Dream to visit my Lahu friends in the mountains(nearMaeTang).
Cruising along,lovely late afternoon early evening and suddenly ...Whack something hits me on my forehead just under the helmet...automatically I put my left hand up and swat at whatever hit me...
Whatever it was..it kind of squashed a little on me,,and blew away.
For the first minute or so I figured it was just some regular type of flying beetle etc.
Then it started to burn....and burn...and throb and hurt etc.
I got up to the Lahu village...my whole head was hurting and burning by then,particularily where this damn thing had hit me.
It hurt until the next morning...
Apparently there is a ,for lack of a better transalation,"Pepper beetle" which exudes a noxious chemical ,especially when damaged...never experienced anything like it.
There must be many more stories of meeting up with a scorpion,snake,or biting ants like those bloody "mot fai daeng" or for the urbanite.. wild soi dogs?.......
Love to hear some
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