July 5th in Imazu

The monthly WBSJ meetings started up again after a 3 months break due to Corona. We were all wearing our masks and talking about how hard it was. There were very few birds, just the common wings as was expected. A few images:

Great Reed Warbler, オオヨシキリ

2 Common Magpies, カササギ　　Up to something  -  no good?

Great Egret, ダイサギ  An elegant drop of white in all that green

Meadow Bunting, ホオジロ  At the usual spot, singing its usual tune

Zitting Cisticola, セッカ Well represented!

Japanese weasel, イタチ taking off with a bird, probably a sparrow, スズメ

Some yellow caterpillar... 黄色のイモムシ

コオロギ Koorogi cricket　Grylloidea

Argiope amoena (コガネグモ) 2

 チョウトンボ　Rhyothemis fuliginosa　kind of Flutterer

Chinese Snake Gourd, (Kikarasuuri) キカラスウリ

Black fly with pollen on シロバナサクラタデ　Persicaria japonica

コアオハナムグリ　Gametis jucunda on シロバナサクラタデ　Persicaria japonica 1

カブトエビ, Shield shrimp, Triopsidae

about 5cm including the tail

Marsilea quadrifolia (デンジソウ)

Brown Hawk Owl, アオバズク met een knipoog

Searching around the trees some of these huge spiders were lurking near dark black cavities in the stem of big trees. They made me shudder. Not all spiders are gruesome, but these...

Female Wolfspider, clutching her huge egg sac with little spiders crawling all over...

Wolfspider and 2 Japanese Gekkos, (Nihon yamori) ニホンヤモリ