Images of our monthly walk in Kanatake no sato
The highlight was the HUGE moth dangling from a low branch at eye level, so we all could have a good look.
Ailanthus Silkmoth, (Shinjusan) シンジュウサン
A kind of Saturniid or Silkmoth, (Yamamayuga) ヤママユガ
Japanese Bigleaf
Magnolia (Oonoki) ホオノキ
(Japanese Cucumber Tree)
Kobushi Magnolia, (Kobushi)
コブシ
Chinese Plantain,
(Oobako) オオバコ edible,
medicinal
Mint flower, ミントの花
Inubiwa, イヌビワ Not a loquat, but a fig species.
Nusubitohagi, ヌスビトハギ The Japanese name translates as thief’s footprints, after the shape of the seed that resemble the footprints of a robber who walks on tiptoes
Knotweed, (Mizuhiki) ミズヒキ
Japanese Agrimony (Kinmizuhiki) キンミズヒキ
Japanese Agrimony キンミズヒキ with a Hover fly, (Hirata Abu) ヒラタアブ
Bekkouhagoromo , ベッコウハゴロモAsian Planthopper
Kobesomaimai snail, コベソマイマイ
Spangle, (Kuroageha) クロアゲハ
Japanese Freshwater
Crab (Sawagani) サワガニ named
after Dutch zoologist Willem de Haan (1801 - 1855)
Harlequin Glorybower,
(Kusagi) クサギ
Little Grebe, カイツブリ nest made with a plastic bag... !
There were many frogs around the river, specially young Bullfrogs (Ushigaeru)
ウシガエル Still small
Indian Rice Frog, (Numagaeru) ヌマガエル
Hidden in tgrass, smaller than the size of a 1 yen coin, a Scoliid Wasp's nest, (Dobachi no su) ドハチの巣
, Sweet Autumn
Clematis, (Senninsou) センニンソウ or rather (Botanzuru) ボタンヅル
Japanese Katydid or
Long-horned Grasshopper, (Kirigirisu) キリギリス
Another grasshopper, with a blue mouth
Female Rhinoceros Beetle, カブトムシ on Japanese Blue Oak tree, (Arakashi) アラカシ
The day before I stopped by. It was raining and dark under the trees. There were a number of Rhinoceros Beetles:
