curious creatures

Various creatures

2018.12.09

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

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

A kind of the scoliid wasps, Campsomeriella sp. ("tsuchi-bachi sp.") (about 20mm in body length) digging earth and slipping in the ground. 2018.12.09 [2018.11.30]

A shadow of the plataspid bugs, Megacopta punctatissima ("maru-kamemushi") (about 5mm in body length) on the leaf. 2018.11.14 [2018.10.29]

A mud nest made by a kind of potter wasp, Eumeninae sp. ("doro-bachi sp.") (about 13cm in length of the nest). 2018.10.09 [2018.09.24]

A lens of Splendid alfonsino, Beryx splendens ("kin-me-dai") (about 1.5cm in diameter). 2018.09.11 [2018.08.30]
Took out from the head of the fish.

Closely related species of Bryophyte, Lycopodium clavatum ("hikage-no-kazura") about 2-3cm in height of ear of sporangia (left) and a kind of sundew, Drosera rotundifolia ("mousen-goke") about 5mm in leaf diameter (right). 2018.08.24 [2018.07.30] .

A Japanese argus, Erebia neriene ("beni-hikage") about 3cm in wing width (left) and a dod-dash sailer, Neptis pryeri ("hoshi-misuji") about 5cm in wing width (right). 2018.08.24 [2018.07.29 (left), 2018.07.31 (right)] .

Flowers of heterotrophic orchid, Cymbidium macrorhizon ("maya-ran") about 3cm in flower diameter. 2018.06.28 [2018.06.25, 2018.06.21] .
Only the flowers emerge on the ground.

A flower of buckhorn plantain, Plantago lanceolata ("hera-oobako") about 15mm in flower diameter. 2018.05.29 [2018.05.28] .
Seen from right above. It looks like a wheel, a gear or fireworks.

A cone of Norway spruce, Picea abies ("doitsu-touhi") about 13cm in length. 2018.04.23 [2018.04.20] .
It found in the ground.

Colony of a kind of Bryozoa, Watersipora suboboidea ("chi-goke-mushi") about 0.3mm in diameter of each black hole of zooid (magnified photo). 2018.03.12 [2018.03.04] .
A right photo: normal photo [2014.03.01]

A larva of a kind of ladybug, Epilachna admirabilis ("to-hoshi-tentou") (about 7mm in body length). 2018.01.19 [2017.11.01] with many bitings which branched.
These bitings are soft and aren't painful actually.

A kind of stink bug, Physopelta gutta ("oo-hoshi-kamemushi") (about 20mm in body length). 2018.01.19 [2017.11.01] clinging to a wall.
It looks like a human face (in fact the Totem pole ? ) ;-).

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