curious creatures

Various creatures

2010.12.04

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

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

An ant, Formica japonica ? ("kuro-yama-ari") (about 5-6mm in body length). 2010.12.04 [2010.12.01]
Carring a body of a horsefly, Syrphus torvus ? ("ke-hirata-abu") to her home for winter.

A pair of otolith of Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus ("ma-dara") (about 22mm in length). 2010.08.02 [2010.08.02]
Body length of the fish is about 50cm.

A kind of Robber fly, Cophinopoda chinensis ("ao-me-abu") (about 25mm in body length). 2010.07.03 [2010.07.01]
Their beautiful compound eyes are shining green, orange and gold.

A larva (leptocephalus) of Common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster ("ma-anago") (about 13cm in body length). 2010.06.24 [2010.06.22]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A kind of dragonfly, Polycanthagyna melanictera ("yabu-yanma") (about 8cm in body length). 2010.06.20 [2010.06.20]

Curious flowers of a kind of Arum, Pinellia tripartita ("oo-hange"). 2010.05.29 [2010.05.29]
Flowering (actually flower-like leaf) in the roadside near may house.

A pair of otolith of Japanese jack mackerel, Trachurus japonicus ("ma-aji") (about 8mm in length). 2010.04.15 [2010.04.13]
and Channel rockfish, Sebastolobus macrochir ("kichiji") (about 12mm in length). 2010.04.17 [2010.04.17]
Body length of the fish is about 22cm (ma-aji) and 25cm (kichiji).

A kind of Snail, Buccinum mirandum / Buccinum polare ("ko-ezo-bai") (about 6cm in shell height). 2010.02.21 [2010.02.21]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A kind of Snail, Neptunea heros ("atsu-ezo-bora") (about 12cm in shell height). 2010.02.13 [2010.02.13]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A pair of otolith of Splendid alfonsino, Beryx splendens ("kin-me-dai") (about 17mm in length). 2010.01.22 [2010.01.22]
Body length of the fish is unknown.

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