curious creatures

Various creatures

2011.12.28

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

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

Frost columns, on the ground (about 2cm in length). 2011.12.28 [2011.12.27]

A Saul's triton, Charonia sauliae ("bousyuu-bora") (about 18cm in shell height). 2011.11.26 [2011.11.25]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

The Stem gall disease (kobu-byou) on the trunk of a tree, Quercus myrsinaefolia ("shira-kashi"). 2011.11.20 [2011.11.17]

The magnified face of a Mudskipper, Periophthalmus modestus ("tobi-haze"). (about 6cm in body length)2011.09.23 [2011.09.17]

The magnified wing surface of a butterfly, Angled sunbeam Curetis acuta paracuta ("ura-gin-sizimi"). 2011.09.16 [2011.09.14]

Four variations of butterfly, Goschkevitshi's labyrinth, Neope goschkevitschii ("sato-kimadara-hikage"), (about 4cm in length), on the tree trunk. 2011.09.03 [2011.08.09, 2011.08.30, 2011.0905]

A kind of ascidian, Halocynthia aurantium ("aka-boya") (about 12cm in body length). 2011.08.27 [2011.08.26]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

Long-legged fly, Chrysosoma sp. (?) (about 3mm in body length) on the leaf surface. 2011.06.25 [2011.06.23,24]
Second photo: color variation. Third and fourth photos: female ?

Japanese ivory shell, Babylonia japonica ("bai") (about 7cm in shell height). 2011.06.03 [2011.06.04]
Got at the food floor in a department store. Second photo: removed the skin on the surface of the shell.

A disk abalone, Haliotis gigantea ("megai-awabi") (about 10cm in shell length). 2011.05.29 [2011.06.04]
Got at the food floor in a department store. Second photo: Japanese abalone ("kuro-awabi" / "ezo-awabi") (about 10cm in shell length)

The back side of Sevenspotted Lady Beetle, Coccinella septempunctata ("nana-hoshi-tentou") (about 8mm in body length). 2011.05.12 [2011.05.09]
He/she thinks that he/she was able to hide himself/herself on the back side of the thin leaf...

A kind of black hard mushroom, Hypoxylon truncatum ("kuro-kobu-take") (about 1cm in diameter). 2011.05.05 [2011.05.04]
Settled on a withered tree. It is hard to imagine that these organisms are the mushroom...

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