curious creatures

Various creatures

2014.12.20

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

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

A kind of green lacewing, Apochrysa matsumurae ("anime-kusa-kagerou") (about 20mm in body length) 2014.12.20 [2014.12.05]
Resting on the room wall.

A spider's* nest. It looks yellow as her fiber is somewhat yellow. 2014.11.15 [2014.10.30]
* Nephila clavata ("jorou-gumo")

A grape plume moth, Nippoptilia vitis ("budou-toriba") (about 15mm in wing width). 2014.11.01 [2014.09.30]
I do not know whether what is the matter and it became such a very curious form !

A Californian cockle, Clinocardium californiense ("ezo-ishikage-gai") (about 6cm in shell width). 2014.09.18 [2014.09.15]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A moth similar very well on a dead leaf, Pterostoma gigantinum ("oo-eguri-syachihoko") (about 2.5cm in body length). 2014.08.09 [2014.08.07]
He/she had hung on to the spoke of the wheel of a bicycle.

A yellow mushroom, Amanita javanica ("ki-tamago-take") (about 3cm in cap (pileus) diameter). 2014.07.05 [2014.06.30]

The face of a carpenter bee (male), Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans ("ki-mune-kuma-bachi") (about 2cm in body length). 2014.05.29 [2014.05.01]

Many water drops ? on the lief of common iceplant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum ("aisu-puranto") (about 1mm in each drop diameter). 2014.04.04 [2014.03.22]

Seeds of oleander, Nerium oleander var. indicum ("kyou-chiku-tou") (about 1cm in down diameter). 2014.03.08 [2014.02.28]

A water drop from the icicle. 2014.02.15 [2014.02.13]

Snow crystals on the ground. There are some needlelike crystals. 2014.02.15 [2014.02.08]

Frost columns on the ground (about 1cm in length). 2014.01.12 [2014.01.07]

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