The walk is getting more and more popular. Many people are looking for birds and many others spend time with the flowers of this season. I decided to focus on butterflies, hopefully getting better at finding and identifying them
The start was good with a fresh Powdered Oakblue, ムラサキツバメ
I had seen them several times, but unlike their cousin the Japanese Oakblue they don't open up often. Today we were lucky.
On the Seitaka Awadachi a Small Copper, ベニシジミ
The small blue lycaenids were very active on this sunny day.
Short-tailed Blue, ツバメシジミ
Pale Grass Blue, ヤマトシジミ
Pea Blue, ウラナミシジミ
Indian Fritillary ♀, ツマグロヒョウモン
The best location was the flowering Loquat tree
Asian Comma, キタテハ
Painted Lady, ヒメアカタテハ
Indian Red Admiral, アカタテハ
Small Branded Swift, チャバネセセリ
Not a butterfly, but a moth: Shiro Obi Meiga, シロオビノメイガ
Other remarkable sightings were:
Thunberg's Chive, ヤマラッキョウ and flowers in the Japanese Snowbell, エゴノキ
Viola Japonica, コスミレ
Maiden's Blush, ハツユキツユクサ
A huge flock of Crows or Rooks, ミヤマガラス
We all heard the voice of the Red-flanked Bluetail. ルリビタキ. I saw it briefly, but didn't get a good shot
4 Dead flies on a twig. Death caused by fungus?
Many dead Bullfrog tadpoles, ウシガエルのオタマジャクシ. What caused their death?
female Mayutate Akane, マユタテアカネ
So far the things I saw on November 16th at Kanatake
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