Various creatures

2020.12.15
Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...

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

chinquapin
A kind of azalea, Japanese enkianthus, Enkianthus perulatus ("doudan-tsutsuji") with deep red leaves in late autumn. 2020.12.15 [2020.12.10]

chinquapin
Japanese chinquapin nuts, Castanopsis sieboldii ("suda-jii") (about 15mm in length) on the road. 2020.10.17 [2020.10.12]

stink bug sp.
A kind of stink bug, Physopelta parviceps ("hime-hoshi-kamemushi") (about 12mm in body length) on/near the pond. 2020.09.20 [2020.09.14]
flying in the room and stopped at my head. (cf. Physopelta gutta, year 2018)

American black nightshade
Fruits of American black nightshade, Solanum americanum ("Teri-mi-no-inu-hoozuki") (about 5mm in diameter) on the ground. 2020.08.30 [2020.07.30]
Flowers photo took on 2020.06.28.

Frosted skimmer
A frosted skimmer, Deielia phaon ("kofuki-tombo") (about 4cm in body length) on/near the pond. 2020.07.27 [2020.06.26]

white silktree
A white silktree, Calliandra portoricensis ("shirobana-nemunoki") (about 4cm in flower diameter) blooming in June evening. 2020.06.27 [2020.06.04]

stag beetle
A kind of stag beetle, Dorcus titanus ("hirata-kuwagata") (about 45mm in body length) on the ground in the park. 2020.05.10 [2020.05.05]


Flowers of evergreen witch hazel, Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum ("tokiwa-mansaku") flowering in April. 2020.04.25 [2020.04.12]

Gekko
A Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus ("nihon-yamori") (about 6cm in body length) clinging to the brick fence. 2020.04.25 [2020.03.23]

big dandelion
A big dandelion, Taraxacum sp. ("seiyou-tampopo") on the ground. 2020.03.25 [2020.03.12]
A material on the flower is a 1.00 yen coin (2cm in diameter).


A hybrid duck, Anas x sp. (Spot-billed duck x Mallard) ("magamo-karu") (about 60cm in body length) on the dry pond. 2020.03.10 [2020.02.25]


A Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ("kawa-semi") (about 17cm in body length) at the park in Tokyo city. 2020.02.01 [2020.01.06]


A Eastern Buzzard, Buteo japonicus ("nosuri") (about 50cm in body length) on the tree. 2020.01.05 [2019.12.26]

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