Blue-and-White Flycatcher, オオルリ in the west

It's dark in the forest. And humid. But that's where we meet. Every year. Please don't ever give up!

Blue-and-White Flycatcher, オオルリ

Red-billed Leiothrix, ソウシチョウ

The frogs are back again! 

ニホンアマガエル, Japanese Tree Frog

How I missed you last year.

But that also means we'll see more snakes again...

On a lighter note: the butterflies

Common Bluebottle, アオスジアゲハ

Daimio Skipper, ダイミョウセセリ

Common Mapwing, イシカケチョウ

Black-female Fritillary, メスグロヒョウモン？

Kanatake walk, June 19th

A sunny day in the middle of tsuyu (rainy season) How lucky we were! It was the day of beetles and beetles...

Oseibo Cuckoo wasp sp, オオセイボウ

Small Japanese Oniyanma Dragonfly, コオニヤン on Hangesho, ハンゲショウ

Udo longhorn beetle, センノカミキリ

Caterpillar of Common Bluebottle, アオスジアゲハ

モンキシロノメイガ

Ardisia japonica, ヤブコウジ

Heal-all, ウツボグサ

Sawtooth Longhorn Beetle, ノコギリカミキリ

Mushroom colony

Yellow-spotted Longicorn beetle, キボシカミキリ

Kitsuneno taimatsu mushroom, キツネノタイマツ Fox Torch mushroom?

Mr A grabbed a Keelback by the tail and others called me to come and see. 

Tiger Keelback, (Yamakagashi) ヤマカガシ

Of course, I had to have a go at it as well 😆

Slender Burnished Brass, ネッタイキクキンウワバ

Powdered Oakblue, ムラサキツバメ

Indian Fritillary, ツマグロヒョウモン

Short-tailed Blue, ツバメシジミ

Painted Lady, ヒメアカタテハ

Hairy caterpillar of a Maimaiga, or マイマイガ (Gypsy Moth)

Yamato Jewel beetle、Yamato Tamamushi, ヤマトタマムシ

コクラン, Tall Twayblade

Treasures in the woods

 When there are not enough birds around me, I opt for the woods around the city. There is usually something interesting. Things that others might not appreciate, can be special to me. I feel like I'm on a treasure hunt when I walk through the forest. in the shadow of tall trees. Beauty is hiding in there. You just have to look well.

Caterpillars of the colorful Satsuma Nishiki Moth, サツマニシキ  (Erasmia pulchell) are just as pretty. There were more than 10 on the Yamamogashi, ヤマモガシ tree. 

Another caterpillar, Akebi Konoha アケビコノハ 幼虫

It was a bit of a puzzle to find its head

In the darkest corners, Usuki Muyolan, ウスキムヨウラン (Lecanorchis kiusiana)

 Chinese Bushbrown, ヒメジャノメ   male and female

Always happy to meet a frog, even when it is a common Japanese Tree frog, ニホンアマガエル

Pretty large Butterfly;  Common Mapwing, イシカケチョウ

A very young Tiger Keelback poked its head out. I was probably the first human for him

Tiger Keelback, ヤマカガシ

Elephant bugs, more commonly known as Weevels come in all sizes.　

Weevil, ゾオムシ

Another special Butterfly is the White Admiral, イチモンジチョウ

Look at the little flowers of Saxifrage, ユキノシタ

Another Japanese Tree frog, ニホンアマガエル looking up at something beyond my view. 

What is he so interested in?

A lot of action at the Papillion kitchen; 3 or 4 kinds can be seen at one time.