Various creatures
2025.12.25
Curious or interesting creatures found in a ground, or somewhere...
* [yyyy.mm.dd] : a recorded date.
These small insects, Platanus lace bug, Corythucha ciliata ("platanasu-gunbai") (about 3mm in body length) overwinters under the bark of plane trees. 2025.12.25 [2025.12.09, 2025.12.21]
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Japanese oakblue, Narathura japonica (murasaki-sijimi) (about 3cm in wing width) and pale grass blue, Zizeeria maha (yamato-sijimi) (about 2.5cm in wing width) basking in the sun on a blade of grass. 2025.11.25 [2025.11.08]
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Whisk fern, Psilotum nudum (matsu-ba-ran) (about 5cm in height). 2025.10.27 [2025.10.12]
This plant is a type of fern and was growing on the trunk of an old cherry tree.
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Japanese gecko, Gekko japonicus (nihon-yamori) (about 6cm in body length) that was hiding between the glass and mesh window in the bathroom. 2025.09.29 [2025.09.15]
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The back of a cake urchin, Clypeaster japonicus (tako-no-makura) (about 10cm in the major diameter) that was stuck to the glass of an aquarium tank. 2025.08.27 [2025.08.22]
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A kind of lesser grass blue, Zizina otis (hime-silvia-shijimi) (about 2cm in wing eidth). 2025.07.28 [2025.07.01]
This tiny blues was photographed on Amami Oshima, Ryukyu Islands.
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A kind of small flea beetle, Argopistes coccinelliformis (heri-guro-tentou-mushi-nomi-hamushi) (about 3mm in body length). 2025.07.05 [2025.06.19]
This tiny flea beetle mimics the similar looking ladybug. Its antennae are different from those of a ladybug.
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A kind of plant hopper, Zoraida pterophoroides (mae-guro-hane-naga-unka) (about 4mm in body length). 2025.06.01 [2025.05.24]
It was the strangest insect I had ever seen before, and the imbalance between its small body (about 4mm in length) and its long wings (about 1cm) was striking.
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Giant Water Strider, Aquarius elongatus (oo-amenbo) (about 2cm in body length) striding quickly across the surface of the pond. 2025.05.02 [2025.04.27]
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Thunberg's meadowsweet, Spiraea thunbergii (yuki-yanagi) (about 5-8mm in flower diameter) flowering so many flowers. 2025.04.02 [2025.03.31]
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Kawazu-zakura cherry, Cerasus x kanzakura 'Kawazu-zakura' (kawazu-zakura) (about 3-4cm in flower diameter) flowering early spring. 2025.03.31 [2025.03.12]
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A Shoveler, Spatula clypeata (hashi-biro-gamo) (about 50cm in body length) sleeping at a town river. 2025.02.20 [2025.02.04]
But actually, he was not sleeping, glaring at me !
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A kind of venus clam, Paphia euglypta ("sudare-gai") (about 8cm in shell width). 2025.01.25 [2025.01.23]
Got at the food floor in a department store.
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Two faces of Shimofuri goby, Tridentiger bifasciatus, ("shimofuri-shima-haze") (about 6cm in body length). 2025.01.25 [2025.01.10] and Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, ("aka-hara-imori") (about 10cm in body length). [2024.12.21]
They were photographed at an aquarium. Their faces may look a little similar ?
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