Tuesday, July 7, 2020

small stuff of July 2020

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フウラン, Vanda falcata, the wind orchid







Common sunflower (ヒマワリ)



with Apis cerana japonica (ニホンミツバチ)





Holly blue (ルリシジミ) Celastrina argiolus





Pea blue (ウラナミシジミ) Lampides boeticus





Arhopala japonica (ムラサキシジミ)





Short-tailed blue (ツバメシジミ)





koshiakitonbo コシアキトンボ Pseudothemis zonata



female  Ischnura senegalensis (アオモンイトトンボ) 





Harabiro tombo  ハラビロトンボ  Lyriothemis pachygastra
Aobitai tombo, アオビタイトンボ Brachidiplax chalybea flavovittata



Grass moth, maybe  ワモンノメイガ,  Nomophila noctuella





Pairing アオメアブ. Cophinopoda chinensis



Promachus yesonicus (シオヤアブ) with prey  kind of horsefly



ホシベニカミキリ, Eupromus ruber





カブトエビ, Shield shrimp, Triopsidae


Sunday, July 5, 2020

Nanayama Swamp June 28th

FLOWERS


Tsuchi akebi, ツチアケビ,  Cyrtosia septentrionalis
Fortunately still in ful bloom!!!





Numa toranoo, ヌマトラノオ  Lysimachia fortunei,   Loosestrife spec



QQ Teriha akashouma, テリハアカショウマAstilbe thunbergii ?





Kakiran, カキラン, Epipactis thunbergii







Junsai ジュンサイ,  Brasenia schreberi,  Watershield



Himemikuri, ヒメミクリ,  Sparganium stenophyllum



Kumokiriso, クモキリソウ,  Liparis kumokiri



Flower of  Mosengoke,  モウセンゴケの花,   Drosera rotundifolia,   Round-leaved sundew


Red variety



Oobaumano suzukusa, オオバウマノスズクサ, (Aristlochia kaempferi)



DAMSELFLIES AND DRAGONFLIES. Unexpectedly my dream of having somebody to ask questions to came true. Thank you C san!

Monosashitombo  モノサシトンボ  Copera annulata  White-legged damselfly
Many pairs were lined up at a fast flowing part of the stream.









The male showing its bright white legs



Ki itotomboキイトトンボ  Ceriagrion melanurum







Beni itotombo  ベニイトトンボ Ceriagrion nipponicum





Kuroitotombo  クロイトトンボ  ‎Paracercion calamorum   Dusky Lilysquatter





Yotsuboshi tombo ヨツボシトンボ   Libellula quadrimaculata  Four-spotted chaser





Haccho tombo  ハッチョウトンボ  Nannophya pygmaea  Scarlet dwarf - male


female



Shojotombo  ショウジョウトンボ  Crocothemis servilia mariannae  Scarlet skimmer



Harabiro tombo  ハラビロトンボ  Lyriothemis pachygastra




This one pitch black!



Benitombo  ベニトンボ Trithemis aurora  Crimson marsh glider





OTHER INSECTS, including just 1 butterfly :-)

ツマグロヒョウモン  Indian fritillary male



オバボタル  Lucidina biplagiata - A kind of fire fly beetle



Again some of those long-haired caterpillars, probably of a moth, maybe オビガ, Apha aequalis, a Giant Lappet Moth!





キマワリ  Plesiophthalmus nigrocyaneus   



FROGS AND REPTILE

ニホンアカガエル Japanese Brown frog  Rana japonica



Japanese tree frog   ニホンアマガエル





ニホンカナヘビ,  Japanese grass lizard



Last some scenery from the misty mountains








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. ...