More small stuff

Butterflies, beetles and other things. For people who like really small and sometimes a little weird stuff. And one small bird.

Brown Dipper, カワガラス

Pupa of Little Red-spotted Ladybird, ヒメ アカボシテントウ

For S, who thinks it looks like runny egg yolk and wants me to taste it...

Usuki Muyolan, ウスキムヨウラン　

Diana Treebrown, クロヒカゲ

Black-female Fritillary, メスグロヒョウモン

Common Hedge Blue, ヤクシマルリシジミ

Restricted Demon, クロセセリ

Daimio Seseri, ダイミョウセセリ

Forest Pierrot,ゴイシシジミ

Female Angled Sunbeam ウラギンシジミ

Lamy Longhorn, ラミカミキリ

Esaki's stink bug, エサキモンキツノカメムシ

Red Longicorn Beetle,  ベニカミキリ

Yellow Crest Moth, キモンガ

Four-eyed geometrid moth, ヨツメエダシャク

Two-spotted geometrid moth, フタテンオエダシャク

Big Octopus Insect gal, ムシコブ (Not official English name 😜)

Young birds

It is May, and baby birds are everywhere. It's so much fun, wandering around the fields to see what's there.

Parent and child, Bull-headed Shrike, モズ

Another family, kids by themselves, practice hunting, still with little success. The parents will continue to feed them for a while.

Ever so ugly, ever so cute

Mama Lapwing, ケリ checking the sky for crows and raptors

She is protecting her 3 kids, who are hanging around in the back

Little time for preening

A call from above. Another parent?

A newborn Starling, ムクドリwaiting for Mum or Dad to come with food. 

Eh? Aren't you stopping?

Tsushima small stuff

I almost forgot to publish this post. It's over 3 weeks old. Sorry. The weather conditions during my time in Tsushima were very nice. Clear skies, no rain, temperatures in the 20Cs. It felt like summer. I took some time watching butterflies and found some real beauties.

Female Great Mormon, ナガサキアゲハ ·♀

 Common Jay, ミカドアゲハ  Not often seen in my area, so I was happy

Red Helen Swallowtail, モンキアゲハ 

Near a shrine some orchids were in full bloom

Siebold's Hardy Orchid, キエビネ

In the cherry blossom trees it we saw many caterpillars, often dangling on a thread, then clinging to our clothes, some ending up in the car. Most were those smooth green ones that birds like to feed to their young. This one below caught my eye with its fine hairs, lit up in the sunlight.

noctuid or "owlet"ヤガ上科

A moth that looked familiar, yet the colors were off. Is it a kind of Tomoe?

Macrauzata, スカシカギバ