East Fukuoka, (Hisasue, Koga) June 23rd

Flowers

Chinese Snake Gourd, (Kikarasuuri) キカラスウリ

Spotted Bellflower, (Hotarubukuro) ホタルブクロ

Greater Celandine, (Kusa no ou) クサノオウ

Chinese Spiranthes, (Nejibana) ネジバナ

Asian Lobelia, (Mizokakushi) ミゾカクシ

(Semburi) センブリ??

Butterflies

Cabbage White, (Monshirochou) モンシロチョウ

Painted Lady, (Himeaka tateha) ヒメアカタテハ

Other insects

Monosashitombo, モノサシトンボ

Lamy Longhorn, (Rami kamikiri) ラミカミキリon Nettle (Irakusa)イラクサ

Eguritora Longhorn, (Eguritora kamikiri) エグリトラカミキリ

Amata Fortunei, (Kanokoga) カノコガ

Nanayama swamp area in May again

Our 2nd visit to the swamp this month. I had to see the Golden Orchid. Last time it was still a flower bud. Now, 2 weeks later, are we in time? We stopped on the way at this small rural village where life seems to have stopped a 100 years ago...

yukinoshita, ユキノシタ a kind of saxifrage

Soldier beetle, (Joukaibon) ジョウカイボン 

We got to the swamp a bit late. Rain was in the forcast and we had little time to look around but... there it was!

Orchid revenge: Golden Orchid, (kinran) キンラン

Also on my wish list: Round-leaved Sundew, (mousengoke) モウセンゴケ

Colicroots, (sokushinran) ソクシンラン　　Asian Pogonia (tokisou) トキソウ

Japanese Fairy Bells, (houchakusou)  ホウチャクソウ

Solomon’s Seal, (amadokoro) アマドコロ

Dutchman’s Pipe Vine or Birthwort, (oobaumanosuzukusa) オオバウマノスズクサ

Japanese Iris, (kakitsubata) カキツバタ　　　Sweet Flag, (shoubu) ショウブ

There was still very little water in the swamp. We need rain. And lots! The poor little

Pygmy Water-lily, (hitsujigusa) ヒツジグサ has to survive on mud :-(

Toothed Ixeridium, (nigana) ニガナ

Clouds falling from the sky...

Young dragon flies don't have much color yet. It gives them a ghostly appearance. like this Damselfly, (itotombo) イトトンボ

Below a male Scarlet Dwarf, (Hachotombo) ハッチョウトンボ

 It will turn red later

Another kind of Dragonfly, a Skimmer I think. Will it become red, like the Scarlet Skimmer,  (shoujoutombo) ショウジョウトンボ ?

A lot of ants, apparantly because of the full moon.

Japanese Tree frog, (amagaeru) アマガエル;  frog of the day 

 There were the usual birds, including a small group of herons nesting near the lake. And one loud crying Grey-faced Buzzard, サシバ 

Suddenly the rain came down in buckets. Time to head back home

May 2019

From Madarajima (the first 2 flowers) and Fukuoka:

FLOWERS

Spurge, (Toudaigusa)トウダイグサ

Hinagikyou,  ヒナギキョウ

Fleabane, Daisy,  (himejo-on) ヒメジョオン or (harujo-on) ハルジョオン

Bird’s-foot trefoil (miyakogusa) ミヤコグサ

Bermuda buttercup, (Kiirokatabami) キイロカタバミ

Lance-leaved Coreopsis, (ookingeigiku) オオキンケイギク (imported)

Nippleworts, (yabutaberako) ヤブタベラコ

Japanese snowbell, (egonoki) エゴノキ

Left: Annual Blue-eyed grass, (Niwazekishou) ニワゼキショウ,    Right: Purple-eyed grass, (Ooniwazekishou) オオニワゼキショウ The smaller one (!)

Annual Blue-eyed grass, (Niwazekishou) ニワゼキショウ

Bridal wreath, (Unohana or Utsugi) ウノハナ,  ウツギ

East Asian yellow water-lily, (kouhone) コウホネ

Yellow iris (kishoubu) キショウブ

Japanese Water iris, (Nohanashoubu)  ノハナショウブ

Kousa dogwood (yamaboushi) ヤマボウシ

Small Leaf Spiderwort, (Tokiwatsuyukusa) トキワツユクサ

BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

Common bluebottle, (aosuji ageha) アオスジアゲハ

yamakimadara hikage, ヤマキマダラヒカゲ　

 

Holly Blue, (Rurishijimi) ルリシジミ

How to identify a butterfly from this angle...

Indian Red Admiral (Akatateha) アカタテハ

Owlet Moth (Yaga) ヤガ

Another Moth...

OTHER INSECTS

Yokozuna assassin bug, (yokozuna sashigame) ヨコヅナサシガメ

Yellow spotted stink bug (kimadarakamemushi) キマダラカメムシ

Flat-headed wood-borer, (ubatamamushi) ウバタマムシ

Lots of slimy yucky stuff, like Woodlice (Dangomushi) ダンゴムシ Japanese kids love them!

Euphaedusa subaculus snail (Kyushu namikogiseru) キュウシュウナミコギセル

Kiirogensei Blister Beetle (Kiirogensei) キイロゲンセイ

Black-tipped Leafhopper, (Tsumaguro ooyokobai) ツマグロオオヨコバイ

REPTILES

Japanese tree frog, (amagaeru) アマガエル

Japanese Gekko, (Nihon yamori) ニホンヤモリ

Japanese Pit viper or Mamushi, マムシ