Sunday, August 9, 2020

July bufs

Many common bufs, but Goishi Shijimi is in there!

Holly blue (ルリシジミ) Celastrina argiolus





Pea blue (ウラナミシジミ) Lampides boeticus





Forest Pierrot (ゴイシシジミ) Taraka hamada   Kanatake



Short-tailed blue (ツバメシジミ)





Arhopala japonica (ムラサキシジミ)





The Shade butterfly, ヒカゲチョウ (Lethe sicelis)  endemic to Japan







Chinese bushbrown Mycalesis gotama (ヒメジャノメ)






Common grass yellow (キチョウ) clinging to something that looks kind of like its coccoon. Had it just come out?



Swallowtail butterfly (アゲハチョウ科)







Swallowtail butterfly (アゲハチョウ科) pair







ヤマキマダラヒカゲ?  サトキマダラヒカゲ?  Japanese Labyrinth or Goschkevitschi's Labyrinth?
Kanatake





ジャコウアゲハ Byasa alcinous Chinese windmill male



ジャコウアゲハ Byasa alcinous Chinese windmill female



Indian fritillary (ツマグロヒョウモン) female Kanatake



Dark evening brown (クロコノマチョウ)




July moths

Moths from northern Kyushu, mountains and flatlands


Epicopeia hainesii (アゲハモドキ)   Kanatake






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



キマエホンバ Eilema japonica ?



Wandering glider, ウスバキトンボ.



Krananda moth, スカシエダシャク Krananda semihyalina





Wandering glider, ウスバキトンボ.





White ermine (キハラゴマダラヒトリ) Mt. Ihara



White ermine (キハラゴマダラヒトリ) Mt. Ihara



ナカグロクチバ  Grammodes geometrica



ナカグロクチバ  Grammodes geometrica





July dragonflies

All dragonflies were seen around Fukuoka city, mostly in the west


koshiakitonbo コシアキトンボ Pseudothemis zonata, Kanatake



Aomon itotombo, アオモンイトトンボ  (Ischnura senegalensis)   Shimoyamato



Aobitai tombo, アオビタイトンボ (Brachidiplax chalybea flavovittata)   Kanatake



Choutombo, チョウトンボ (Rhyothemis fuliginosa) kind of Flutterer.   Imazu







Kofukitombo, コフキトンボ  (Deielia phaon)



Akane Tombo spec, アカネトンボ   Kanatake







Orthetrum albistylum (シオカラトンボ) Kanatake





Wandering glider, ウスバキトンボ.


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. ...