Small stuf around Kanatake

 My camera gear is much more tuned for small creatures. I love to take photos of beetles, butterflies, caterpillars etc. Below a compilation:

Caterpillar of Japanese Siren butterfly, ゴマダラチョウの幼虫

Look at that "rabbit" face!

 

Caterpillars of Squeaking Silkmoth, ウスタビガ

Pink-barred Angle moth, ウラベニエダシャク

Indian fritillary, ツマグロヒョウモン pairing

キクラゲ, Jelly Ear

Japanese Gentian, フデリンドウ

Brittlestem, ナヨタケ科

Noble Orchid, シュンラン

Thin-legged Wolf Spider, コモリグモ - with eggs

Small Copper, ベニシジミ

Recent small stuff, late September

The worst of the heat is over. Autumn colors are seeping through my blog. There are not many birds at the moment. Many are moulting now, and reluctant to come out and fly. Migration of raptors is underway, but for many small birds it's a quiet time. 

A burst of orange - Ocellated Shield Bug, アカギカメムシ · 

Fluffs of white, moving slowly. Caterpillar of Oriental Swallowtail Moth, アゲハモドキガ幼虫

Looking kind of fresh.  Large Map, サカハチチョウ

Tiny buf. Musha Kuro Tsubame Shijimi, ムシャクロツバメシジミ

Big, but unblemished. Red Helen, モンキアゲハ

The rabit-face of September.

Caterpillar of Dark Evening Brown, クロコノマチョウ 幼虫

Insects are still hatching from their eggs in the rice fields.

Eggs of Stinkbug, カメムシの卵

 Citrus Longhorn, ゴマダラカミキリ  with a problem

The tall halms of grass aren't sturdy enough to let him take-off 

After several tries I let him use my hand, from where he flew straight to a tree branch where he could suck juice. He must have been desperate.

Moth of the Camphor Silkworm, クスサン at night

Contorted Pogonatum Moss, コセイタカスギゴケ

Akebono-so, アケボノソウ

Striped Stag beetle , スジクワガタ

Larvae of the Apple Tussock moth, リンゴドクガ 幼虫

Last part of autumn. One of the hundreds of mushrooms that cover the floor of the woods in any open area, leaning against tree trunks and whatever is left over from them.

Kyushu's mountains 2

 A few dry spells were all we got, but spring rain is not bad and we have lots of dry clothes Here some birds:

Zitting Cisticola, セッカ

Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

Common Cuckoo, カッコウ

Perched at the same tree as the week before

Smallest frog I saw. Old World Toad spec, ヒキガエル属 

Egg shell on the mountain trail. Whose is it?

One brave ant and the audience

See them watching!

Blue Admiral, ルリタテハ again.

 Genji Firefly, ゲンジボタル on the windshield. Thirsty?

Finally found an English name for this fungus: Stinky Squid, サンコタケ · 

Mt Kuju area

On the last day of May, the pink flowers of Miyanma Kirishima were at their peak, and 100s of people climbed the trails to take pictures. I had no intention of climbing that day. I just wanted to wander around and check my points. But it was a bit of a challenge!

Among the sound of bear bells and laughter, the songs of Eurasian Wrens, ミソサザイ

High up in the trees, mostly out of sight, Blue-and-white Flycatcher, オオルリ

Heard from afar, Common Cuckoo, カッコウ

At the usual plant tops in the field, Chestnut-eared Bunting, ホオアカ

Waiting for some tall flowers

Narcissus Flycatcher, キビタキ

Diana Treebrown, クロヒカゲ

Japanese Dart, キマダラセセリ

Pallas' Sailer or Common Glider, コミスジ

Large Biston moth, キオビゴマダラエダシャク Biston panterinaria sychnospilas?

Ebine Orchid Calanthe species?

Common Oreorchis, コケイラン

Golden Orchid, キンラン

Other flowers:　　False Helleborine, バイケイソウ

Silver Dragons, ギンリョウソウ

フタリシズカ, Serrate-leaf Chloranthus　　　　　Chigo Lily, チゴユリ

Silver Dragons, ギンリョウソウ

Guttation

Fungi

Crown-tipped Coral mushroom, フサヒメホウキタケ

Yellow Stinkhorn fungus, キイロスッポンタケ

Mica Cap, キララタケ

Sap trees and their visitors: Little Stag Beetle, コクワガタ

A bunch of four-spotted treesap sucking beetles: 

Yotsuboshi Ookisui, ヨツボシオオキスイ, Helota gemmata  and  Yotsuboshi Keshisui, ヨツボシケシキスイ, Librodor japonicus

Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles フトカミキリ

Sawyer Beetles spec. ヒゲナガカミキリ属

At the end of the day, a herd of Japanese Sika Deer, シカ crossed my path.