Aisatsu

Aisatsu

This blog is for family and friends, to share my feelings and photos with and for myself, to support my fading memory. Readers who have my site translated automatically, please refer to the original if necessary. Especially when it comes to identification. Any comments, anonymous or by email name are always welcome!.

Sunday 1 November 2020

Kanatake walk October 21st

A bit late. Nature changes so fast in autumn. Flowers come and go, birds and insects too.


Many small moths were fluttering just above the lawn. What were they looking for? 
キアヤヒメノメイガ, Diasemia accalis





Juzudama, ジュズダマ (Coix lacryma-jobi) Kids use the seeds to string necklaces etc



Chinese Bushbrown, ヒメジャノメ  (Mycalesis gotama)



A reproduction of last year's scene. Somewhere there is a bird in there
クサシギ, Green Sandpiper



セグロセキレイ, Japanese Wagtail



ジョウビタキ, Daurian Redstart        ヤマハッカ, Isodon



The mystery of the month: Intricate grooves in an old log that look like hieroglyphs of a huge centipede







Doesn't it look like the huge centipede オオゲジ  Thereuopoda clunifera?

(12 cm, Unzen 2020-9-23)




Harlequin Glorybower,  クサギ





Wild winter strawberries, フユイチゴ



Some kind of caterpillar,  毛虫,  芋虫



Emma field cricket, エンマコオロギ (Teleogryllus emma)



Taiwan Hototogisu, タイワンホトトギス (Tricyrtis formosana)



キンミズヒキ, Japanese Agrimony



Nest of Eurasian Harvest Mouse (カヤネズミ)



Crested Honey Buzzards (ハチクマ) 



Marukamemushi, マルカメムシ (Megacopta punctatissimum) the most common species of stink bugs in Japan. It's very small, but note the ant. That's tiny!



Avens、ダイコンソウ  (Geum japonicum)



Kitsunenomago, キツネノマゴ, Water Willow



Himekudamakimodoki Bush Cricket, ヒメクダマキモドキ  (Phaulula macilenta)



Hariganemushi, ハリガネムシ,  Horsehair Worm



The photogenic Ramie caterpillar, Fukurasuzume フクラスズメ 虫, 



Numatsurugiku, ヌマツルギク, Spilanthes americana



Tankiri mame, タンキリマメ, Rhynchosia volubilis



Nekohagi, ネコハギ, Lespedeza pilosa



My highlight of the day: シュレーゲルアオガエル, Schlegel's green tree frog



ノビタキ, Stejneger's Stonechat



ノスリ、Eastern Buzzard



The ultimate relaxing way to watch the raptors... ?



Hirata abu, ヒラタアブ, Hoverfly



Tenguchou, テングチョウ, European beak, Nettle-tree butterfly





Common Straight Swift, イチモンジセセリ (Parnara guttata)
 


Hairy caterpillar,  毛虫,  芋虫 on Mizosoba, Water Pepper, ミゾソバ



Kitakichou, キタキチョウ, Common grass yellow on セイタカアワダチソウ,  Canada goldenrod



Asian Giant Hornet , オオスズメバチ Vespa mandarinia


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