curious creatures

Various creatures

2015.12.22

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

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

Many mushrooms, Coprinellus disseminatus ("inu-senbon-take") (about 7mm in cap (pileus) diameter). 2015.12.22 [2015.11.21]
Grew on the fallen dead tree ("senbon-take" means one thousand mushrooms).

A flower hat jelly, Olindias formosa ("hanagasa-kurage") (about 7cm in diameter). 2015.11.20 [2012.08.04]
At an aquarium in Tohoku-district (sorry for an old picture).

A hillock made by the small Japanese mole, Meager imaizumii ("azuma-mogura"). 2015.11.16 [2015.11.12]
Left: Hillock, Right: Hole (about 8cm in diameter)

A jewel bug, Poecilocoris lewisi ("akasuji-kin-kamemushi") (about 2cm in body length), laying on the surface of a leaf. 2015.09.15 [2015.09.14]
[ A photo of larvae (nymphs) ]

A couple of Lesser Emperor, Anax parthenope julius ("gin-yamma") (about 7cm in body length), laying on the surface of a pond. 2015.08.31 [2015.08.21]

Red coral fungi, Clavaria rosea ("beni-senkou-take") (about 2mm in body diameter), on the ground. 2015.07.25 [2015.07.02]
Indeed, they look like simply red plastic sticks !

A larva of Mealybug ladybird, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri ("kuriputo-tentou") (about 5mm in body length). 2015.06.06 [2015.05.30]
But, it can't be confirmed whether it's this species.

Flowers of Silverberry, Elaeagnus multiflora var. hortensis ("tou-gumi") (about 8mm in flower diameter). 2015.04.14 [2015.04.12]
Flowering in my small garden. [Fruits (2009)]

A kind of venus clam, Paphia vernicosa ("ake-gai") (about 6.5cm in shell width). 2015.03.08 [2015.03.08]
Got at the food floor in a department store.

A Japanese pygmy woodpecker, Dendrocopos kizuki ("ko-gera") (about 15cm in body length) 2015.02.16 [2015.02.10]
He/she moves fast, so it's difficult to take a picture.

An ephyra of the moon jelly, Aurelia sp. ("mizu-kurage") (about 3mm in diameter) 2015.02.13 [2015.01.11]
When it grows, ephyra will be a round shape from a star shape.

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