September part 2

FLOWERS

Kyushu Creeping Cranesbill, (Tsukushi Fuuro) ツクシフウロ

Tankiri mame, タンキリマメ 

Nusubitohagi, ヌスビトハギthief’s footprints

BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS

Common Mapwing, (Ishigakecho) イシガケチョウ

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

Daimyo Seseri, ダイミョウセセリ

Diana Treebrown, (Kurohikage) クロヒカゲ

 Bostra Indicator (snout moth), ツマグロシマメイガ- MAYBE

CATERPILLARS

Next images are all of the same type bug: Stinging Nettle caterpillar Iraga, イラガ. I was so surprised to find so many, 8 or 10 in and under the trees I wanted to publish them all.

 

Another nasty stinging caterpillar, Blue-striped Nettle Caterpillar, ヒロヘリアオイラガ

With such a sweet facial expression on its head

 What would this caterpillar be? Will it turn out in a moth? Probably. Who can tell me?

Larve of Impatiens Hawkmoth, セスジススメ幼虫

The first 2 photos are the same caterpillar, taken with different cameras. First Nikon 105mm macro, next my smartphone, Galaxy 10. Not bad for a phone shot!

As every year, one day the forest was full of these hairy buggers There are so many, you can hear them eating, crawling, moving around. Larvae from the Phalera flavescens moth (Monkuroshachihoko) モンクロシャチホコ幼虫　

The next one was found at a different location on a rainy day. Also from the Phalera flavescens moth (Monkuroshachihoko) モンクロシャチホコ幼虫 ?

OTHER INSECTS

Giant Stag Beetle,  ヒラタクワガタ

Japanese Tiger Beetle, (Hanmyo) ハンミョウ

This spider looks excectly like Harry Potter's Aragog. Just a smaller version

A very wet Praying Mantis, カマキリ didn't mind the rain and sat there for hours

Kanatake Walk, September 18

FLOWERS etc

Orange Ginger Lily, (Nikuiroshukush) ニクイロシュクシャ

Large Forest Ghost Flowerr, (Onanbangiseru) オオ ナンバンギセル

Great Burnet, (Waremoko) ワレモコウ

Nosasage, ノササゲ fruit and flower

Tankiri mame, タンキリマメ The Japanese name means killing phlegm, but an interesting article at Useful Tropical Plants’ homepage suggested it killed sperm and could be used as an effective and safe contraception!

Kitsune no mago, キツネノマゴ – a kind of Water Willow

Young and still green, Sanekazura or Binankazura, サネカズラ　ビナンカズラ

Udo, ウド also known as Mountain Asparagus

Hiyodorijoogo, ヒヨドリジョウゴ - kind of Nightshade 

??? Umatsunagi kusa ウマツナギ??? 
see wings and things

Nusubitohagi, ヌスビトハギ  The seed have the shape of thief’s footprints, hence the Japanese name

Fruit of Harlequin Glorybower, (Kusagi no mi) クサギノミ

INSECTS etc

Chinese Bushbrown, ヒメジャノメ

Japanese Oakblue, ムラサキシジミ

Pallas’ Sailer or Common Glider, (Komisuji) コミスジ

Oriental Longheaded Grasshopper, (Shoryobatta) ショウリョウバッタ

One of Japanese Rice Grasshoppers: Hanenagainago, ハネナガイナゴ

Juvenile Inago locusts, イナゴ

Common Bluetail, (Aomon Itotombo) アオモンイトトンボ

Below a caterpillar of a moth. Could it be the Ookimadara Meiga Moth we saw on the same plant?

Ookimadara Meiga, オオキマダラメイガ

I learn a lot on these walks with Fukuoka's nature experts. This for example is the shedded skin of a spider. The spider is not there, it's not a dead spider either. クモのヌケガラ

But it seems to have eyes!

Small male Rhinoceros Beetle, (Kabutomushi) カブトムシ

Larva of Prominent moth, シャチホコガの幼虫  (shachihokoga no yochu)

Siebold’s Globular Snail, (Usukawa Maimai) ウスカワマイマイ

Peacock Pansy, (Tateha Modoki) タテハモドキ

Larva of Iraga, イラガ

Extremely beautiful up close. But comes with a warning: extremely painful when stabbed!

And when I went back for another look I saw another one:

Walker’s Cicada, (Tsukutsukuboshi) ツクツクボウシ

Don't have any names for fungi, just pretty images. This one is pink

Grass Lizard, (Nihon Kanahebi), ニホンカナヘビ