Various creatures

2021.12.27
Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...

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

Frost columns
Frost columns on the ground (about 3cm in length). 20 21.12.27 [2021.12.27]

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White Snakeroot
Flowers of White Snakeroot, Ageratina altissima ("maru-ba-fuji-bakama"). 2021.11.11 [2021.10.14]
About 5mm in diameter of flowers cluster. This species came from North America to Japanese flora.

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Plains Cupid
A Plains Cupid, Luthrodes pandava / Chilades pandava ("kuro-madara-sotetsu-shijimi"). 2021.10.20 [2021.10.14]
About 3cm in wing span. This species seems to come from tropical region (This picture was taken in Tokyo).

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Job's tears
Some seeds of Job's tears, Coix lacryma-jobi ("juzu-dama"). 2021.09.24 [2021.09.07]
About 1cm in seed length.

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a kind of hawk moth
A kind of gilled mushroom, Leucocoprinus birnbaumii ("kogane-kinu-karakasa-take") in earth of the planter. 2021.08.25 [2021.08.24]
About 8cm in height.

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a kind of hawk moth
A kind of hawk moth, Theretra oldenlandiae ("se-suji-suzume") on the wall. 2021.07.30 [2021.07.29]
About 4cm in body length.

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a Udo longhorn beetle
A Udo longhorn beetle, Acalolepta luxuriosa ("sen-no-kamikiri") on the wall of the house. 2021.06.25 [2021.06.16]
About 3cm in body length except for horns.

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a facemark on the trunk
A face mark on the trunk of a big tree. 2021.05.23 [2021.05.03]
It looks like a face of a human or a owl.

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Banana shurb
Flowers of banana shurb, Michelia figo ("karatane-ogatama"). 2021.04.25 [2021.04.11]
About 3cm in flower diameter. Flowers smell like banana flavor.

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Pale speedwell
Flowers of Pale speedwell, Veronica cymbalaria ("kogome-inu-no-fuguri"). 2021.03.24 [2021.03.20]
About 5mm in flower diameter.

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Japanese apricot
Flowers of Japanese apricot (pink color), Prunus mune ("kou-bai"). 2021.02.20 [2021.02.16]
( "kou" means pink, "bai" means Japanese apricot )

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Japanese sparrowhawk
A Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis ("tsumi") with red iris (male). 2021.01.08 [2020.12.23]
He is quite small hawk in Japan (about 27cm in total length).

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