Various creatures
2002.12.27
Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...
* [yyyy.mm.dd] : a recorded date.
Fruits of "sharin-bai", Rhaphiolepis umbellata (about 10mm in diameter) using the hedges. 2002.12.27 [2002.12.24]
A small mantis, Statilia maculata, on a stone wall (about 5cm in body length). 2002.11.18 [2002.11.16]
A tree, "yabu-kouji", Ardisia japonica, by the mountain path (about 10cm in height). 2002.11.18 [2002.11.16]
A flower, "koya-bouki", Pertya scandens, by the mountain path (about 2cm in diameter). 2002.10.20 [2002.10.19]
A "fairy ring" (about 2.5m in diameter) consists of mushrooms (unknown species to me) on the ground. 2002.10.11 [2002.10.09]
A silktree, Albizia julibrissin, starting to bloom in the summer evening. 2002.07.29 [2002.07.25]
A kind of jellyfish, Porpita pacifica (about 2cm in diameter), and a kind of planktonic snail, Violetta globasa (?) (about 3mm in shell height), washed up on a sandy beach. 2002.07.24 [2002.07.20]
A Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima, picked up on a veranda of my room (about 4cm in body length). 2002.07.22 [2002.07.20]
A kind of slimemold, Mucilago supongiosa, on the lumber by the mountain path (about 1cm in height). 2002.06.09 [2002.06.09]
This species seems to be a common slimemold.
A mushroom, Lentinus lepideus (about 7-8cm in diameter), on the pine stump by the mountain path. 2002.06.09 [2002.06.09]
Curious cocoons, adhering to a trunk of a tree (about 15-20mm in length, 10mm in width). 2002.06.03 [2002.06.02]
These seems to be the cocoons (after emergence) of a kind of sting-moth, Parasa lepida.
A small long-horned beetle, Paraglenea fortunei (about 15mm in body length), on the leaf. 2002.06.03 [2002.06.01]
Small flowers, Sherardia arvensis (about 3mm in diameter), by the town path. 2002.05.23 [2002.05.20,21]
A kind of sea anemone, Anthopleura uchidai (about 40mm in diameter), settled on the rocky shore. 2002.04.23 [2002.04.20]
A kind of jellyfish, Chrysaora melasaster (about 15cm in diameter), trapped by the sea algae jungle ;-). 2002.04.23 [2002.04.20]
A kind of gentian ("fude-rindo"), Gentiana zollingeri (about 10mm in diameter), on the grassland. 2002.04.23 [2002.04.20]
"Tokiwa-ikari-sou", an anchor-like flower, Epimedium sempervirens (about 10-20mm in diameter), on the grassland in the forest. 2002.04.23 [2002.04.20]
Flowers of Trigonotis peduncularis (about 2mm in diameter), a kind of forget-me-not by the town path. 2002.03.23 [2002.03.20]
Close-up photography.
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