curious creatures

Various creatures

2009.11.20

Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...

* [yyyy.mm.dd] : a recorded date.

Fruits of Chinese matrimony vine, Lycium chinense ("kuko") (about 1cm in fruit length). 2009.11.20 [2009.11.20]

Fruits of Japanese silverberry, Elaeagnus umbellata ("aki-gumi") (about 5-6mm in fruit length). 2009.10.31 [2009.10.23]

Footprints of the bird (may be of a heron) on the bottom mud of hot water spring (Beppu City). 2009.08.21 [2009.08.05]

An orb-weaving spider, Epinephelus bruneus ("oni-gumo"), nesting under the gate lamp. (about 25mm in body length 2009.07.26 [2009.07.23, 24]

Fruits of Silverberry, Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis ("tou-gumi") (about 12mm in fruit length). 2009.06.10 [2009.06.07]
Growning in my small garden.

A snail, Buccinum striatissimum ("oo-ecchuu-bai") (about 9cm in shell height). 2009.06.01 [2009.05.30]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

The body surface of Longtooth grouper, Epinephelus bruneus ("kue")(about 1m in length 2009.05.01 [2009.04.25]
A small blue streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus is cleaning his/her body surface.

Giant Button Top shells, Umbonium giganteum ("nagarami" or "danbei-kisago")(about 25mm in shell diameter) 2009.04.11 [2009.04.11]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A Japanese geoduck, Panopea japonica ("nami-gai")(about 10cm in shell length) 2009.03.01 [2009.02.28]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

Flower buds of oriental paperbush, Edgeworthia chrysantha ("mitsu-mata")(about 1.5cm in buds diameter) 2009.02.01 [2009.02.01]

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