These was a interesting trip with my friends Dr. Karel Cerny (Innsbruck/Austria) and Dr. Milan Hluchy (Modrice/Czech Republic) to nothern Laos and we start in Vang Vien. There was a dry Riverbed where we can go by car to a forest clearing surrounded by limestone mountain.

The next day we stay near Phu Khun in Pak Gaeng Yai a small hill tribe village. There was a large amount of sphingidae moths on the light trap. These mountain around are sometimes limestone but also many deforested mountains. 

Then we drive more north to the old capital Louang Prabang where we stop to visit the old town with the former kings palace, at evening we lock for a place for our light trap but is was difficult because their also many mountains are deforested. We have to drive about 150 km to find some remains of the forest.

There was a nice place with much Sphingids and Saturnids on the light trap. 

More in the north it was again difficult to find some forest there was also many mountains deforested but we found a small riverbed with some forest remains near a hill tribe village.

There was also some interesting moths on the light trap.

The end destination of our trip was Phongsali near the chinese border. We visit some hill tribe market to by some food. Here we found some good places still with forest but on the way there was also much deforested.

On the way back from Phongsali there was a nice plateau near a hill tribe village Ban Yo surrounded by forest...our best place from the trip with a large amount of moths on the light trap.

One of our last places in the north of Laos was also near a hill tribe village with some forest remains but also some deforested mountains.