Bloemen
Clasping venus's looking glass (キキョウソウ) in Kanatake
Clasping venus's looking glass (キキョウソウ) at Iharayama
Purpletop Vervain, ヤナギハナガサ Imazu
Slender Centaury, (Hanahamasemburi) ハナハマセンブリ Imazu
ユキノシタ, Saxifrage Iharayama
QQ Iharayama
Hydrangea, アジサイ Kanatake
Iimori
Dwarf Lilyturf, (Janohige) ジャノヒゲ Kanatake
Soba そばの花 Fagopyrum esculentum Kanatake
サカキ, cleyera japonica ??? trees at Iimori
Butterflies
Japanese Dart, キマダラセセリ Sawara
モンシロチョウ, Pieris rapae, Cabbage white
Chinese bushbrown, ヒメジャノメ Sawara
Small Copper, ベニシジミ Sawara
id, Kanatake
モンキアゲハ Papilio helenus Red Helen at Iimori
コミスジ Neptis sappho Pallas' sailer or common glider
ジャコウアゲハ Byasa alcinous Chinese windmill female
Seemingly looking for a place to deposit eggs, along Muromi river
Japanese Oakblue, (Murasaki Shijimi) ムラサキシジミ at Kanatake
Short-tailed Blue, (Tsubame Shijimi) ツバメシジミ at Kanatake
Common Mapwing, イシガケチョウ Nakagawa
Red Helen? just out of the cocoon Atagohama
Red Helen's? cocoon
Dragonflies
Lesser Emperor dragonfly ギンヤンマ Imazu
ミヤマカワトンボ, species of broad-winged damselfly endemic to Japan loc: Iharayama
male
female
コシアキトンボ, ♂ (Pseudothemis zonata) Kanatake
ハグロトンボ, Broad-winged Damselfly spec Kanatake
Kuroitotombo, クロイトトンボ, Paracercion calamorum - Dusky Lilysquatter in Kanatake
Shiokaratonbo, シオカラトンボ Orthetrum albistylum Kanatake
Moths
Q mark moth Imazu
ヒロオビトンボエダシャク (Cystidia truncangulata) Iharayama
ウスキクロテンヒメシャク, Scopula ignobilis Iharayama
QQ ツマキエダシャク, Geometer moth spec ?? Iimori
Hamakiga, ハマキガ Tortrix moth spec, Kanatake
Hotaruga, ホタレガ Pidorus glaucopis
マルモンヒメアオシャク, Jodis praerupta
caterpillars
スズメガの幼虫 Caterpillar of some Hawkmoth?
In front of NAS in Meinohama:
It looks like jewelry, those shiny spots on the 2 cocoons
イラガの幼虫 Caterpillar of iraga moth
What happened here?
other insects
Striped Shield Bug, アカスジカメムシ Kanatake
Japanese beetle (マメコガネ) Kanatake
Pea Leaf weevil, コフキゾウムシ Iharayama
オジロアシナガゾウムシ, Sternuchopsis trifidus Kanatake
ナナフシ, Stick insect Iharayama
ホソヘリカメムシ, (Riptortus pedestris) ? Kanatake
Shining Leaf Chafer, オオスジコガネ Kanatake
Yellow spotted stink bug, キマダラカメムシ Kanatake
ヒメコガネ, (Anomala rufocuprea) ? Kanatake
Lamy Longhorn, (Ramikamikiri) ラミカミキリ Iharayama
Japanese Katydid, (Kirigirisu) キリギリス
アオカナブン Aokanabun Scarab Beetle or Drone Beetle, just a couple, maybe more next month
カゲロウ, Mayfly
ツクシマイマイ Tsukushi maimai Iharayama and Iimori
Spiders
Sujibuto Hashirigumo, スジブトハシリグモ, Dolomedes saganus Imazu
ササグモ, Oxyopes sertatus Kanatake
Q spider Kanatake
Fishing spider イオウイロハシリグモ Dolomedes sulfureus Kanatake
frogs
ニホンアマガエル, Japanese tree frog
At Nakagawa
ニホンアマガエル, Japanese tree frog on Chinese Spiranthes, (Nejibana) ネジバナ
Just a different coloration?
reptiles
Japanese Grass Lizard, ニホンカナヘビ Sawara
