Wednesday, September 25, 2019

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




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