Wednesday, July 17, 2019

July 2019 part 1

While we are still having rain the plants grow tremendously. More butterflies have come out, but they don’t show up on cloudy days much, so I had to endure the heat sometimes...

Flowers

Dwarf Lilyturf, (Janohige) ジャノヒゲ



 


Chinese Fever Vine, (Hekusokazura) ヘクソカズラ

 


Matsubagiku, マツバギク



Right around the corner...Himeyaburan, ヒメヤブラン!

 


Asiatic Dayflower, (Tsuyukusa) ツユクサ

 


Some kind of Lily, Maybe white Rain Lily (Yuri) ユリ 


















Crocosmia, (himehiugizuisen) ヒメヒウギズイセン





Left a Rain Lily, (Safuranmodoki) サフランモドキ and right Chinese Spiranthes, (Nejibana) ネジバナ
 


Again, no names for fungii...:-(

 


Butterflies

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

 


Holly Blue Butterfly, (Ruri shijimi) ルリシジミ
  


















Short-tailed Blue, (Tsubame shijimi) ツバメシジミ

 


 


Pale Grass Blue, (Yamato shijimi)  ヤマトシジミ

 


Small Copper, (Benishijimi) ベニシジミ

 


Five-ring Butterfly, (Himeuranami janome) ヒメウラナミジャノメ



Other Insects

Pairing dragonflies, トンボ

 


Japanese Beetle, (Mamekogane) マメコガネ



Oriental Flower Beetle, (Shiroten hanamuguri) シロテンハナムグリ

 

 

  
 Japanese Tree Frog, アマガエル







Dead stuff







Monday, July 15, 2019

June 2019


Imazu flowers

Fleabane, Daisy,  (himejo-on) ヒメジョオン



Windmill Pink, (mantema) マンテマ



Yellow Glandweed, (seiyouhikiyomogi) セイヨウヒキヨモギ



Japanese Honeysuckle, (Suikazura) スイカズラ



Brazillian Waterweed, (ookanadamo) オオカナダモ


According to google a souvenir from careless aquarium holders

Iharayama
Kind of Chickweed (hakobe) ハコベ





Yukinoshita, ユキノシタ





Small-leaf Spiderwort, (tokiwatsuyukusa) トキワツユクサ



Montbretia, (Himehiougizuisen)ヒメヒオウギズイセン



No names for fungi... L



Dew drops on Hydrangea, (Ajisai) アジサイ- Native to Japan 



Insects at Iharayama - Butterflies

Araschnia Burejana (Sakahachichou)  サカハチチョウ





Small Copper, (Benishijimi) ベニシジミ



Around the town:  Pea Blue, (Uranami Shijimi) ウラナミシジミ





The dragonfly that looks like a butterfly:  Chotombo, チョウトンボ



Moths







Other insects

Japanese Scorpionfy, (marubane shiriage) マルバネシリアゲ



Oriental Mayfly, (Touyoumon kagerou)トウヨウモンカゲロウ



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





Last, the only reptile...

How many gecko's do we have here?  Schlegel's Japanese Gecko, ニホンャモリ



Night life

 It's been too hot to go out during the day. Had to resort to some night life. There really ae a lot of moths out there, big and small. ...