Saturday, June 1, 2019

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










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