“Branch in the pond”

A wide pond by the road leading to the woods. The cloudy sky is reflected on the surface of the water. The branch protruding from the water looks somewhat meaningful. The shadow is also interesting.  [JULY 2021]

“With sharp thorns”

White flowers blooming on the roadside. This wild grass is toxic and has sharp thorns, which is troublesome for humans. The Japanese name “Waru-nasubi” means bad eggplant. When I look at it, the expression of the flower feels a little terrifying. [JULY 2021]

Solanum carolinense

ワルナスビは茎や葉に鋭い棘があり、植物体全体が有毒です。夏に咲かせる白い花は黄色い蕊がよく目立ちます。

”Johnson grass”

The wild grass that stands out in the rice fields in summer is Johnson grass. This grass is taller than the others and sways the reddish ears in the wind. [JULY 2021]

Sorghum halepense

夏に田んぼの周辺で良く目立つイネ科の植物、セイバンモロコシ。高い草丈と赤みがかった穂が揺れている姿が、よく目に留まります。

“Grasshopper with black spots”

On the side beyond the guardrail, there was lush grass. A grasshopper was on a leaf of a gramineous plant. There were black spots on the tips of the wings and the joints of the feet. It grabbed the leaf and didn’t make a slight movement.  [JULY 2021]

Stethophyma magister

ツマグロバッタは、脚の関節や翅の先端にある黒い斑が目立ちます。初夏から秋にかけてあらわれるバッタです。

“Yellow flower on the beach”

There are plants that grow on sandy beaches. New Zealand spinach is one of them. It used to lined up in greengrocers and used as food. If you look closely in the summer, you will see small yellow flowers in bloom.  [JULY 2021]

Tetragonia tetragonioides

砂浜に生育する海浜植物、ツルナ。現在でも地域によって食用にされます。夏にとてもちいさな黄色い花を咲かせます。

“Red Helen butterfly”

There was a large butterfly on the muddy ground just after entering the woods. The red Helen is a swallowtail butterfly with yellow spots on its wings. They flap their large black wings and move back and forth in the woods. They suck the nectar of flowers and also the water of the ground.  [JULY 2021]

Papilio helenus

大型で黒いアゲハチョウの仲間、モンキアゲハ。飛んでいると翅の黄色い斑が目立ちます。雑木林の林内を行き来する様子は、よく見られます。

“Superb pink”

The bank of a small river that runs beside the rice fields. Kawara Nadeshiko (also called Yamato Nadeshiko) was in bloom among the lush grass. It is a pink flower that has been familiar to people since ancient times. The flowers, which are now rarely seen, colored the green bank.  [JULY 2021]

Dianthus superbus

古くから親しまれ秋の七草にも数えられる、カワラナデシコ。昔よりも見かけることが減っている草花です。ピンクの花弁の先は細い糸状。大和撫子とも呼ばれます。

“Hornworm with red and yellow patterns”

Near the cosmos flowers planted in the park. Hawk moth larvae were crawling on the ground. Red and yellow eye-like patterns stand out on the black body. It will grow into a large moth with white streaks on its back.  [JUNE 2021]

Theretra oldenlandiae

セスジスズメの幼虫はさまざまな植物の葉を食べます。黒いからだに黄色や赤の眼状模様が特徴的です。葉の色と異なる色合いは、よく目立ちます。

“Snail on a mushroom”

Snails are often seen during the rainy season. There was a small snail on a mushroom in the woods. Is it comfortable on a smooth white cap? [JUNE 2021]

白いキノコの上のカタツムリ。梅雨の晴れ間に雑木林を歩いていると、そこここでカタツムリを見かけます。

“Purple flowers near the end”

Small star-shaped flowers were blooming on the rice field road. The flowers that bloomed in steps were over, and the flower on the top was bloom. This flower colored the early summer also, seems to finish its season.  [JUNE 2021]

Triodanis biflora

５月頃から見られたヒナキキョウソウ。下からだんだんに咲いていた花はおわり、上部の数輪が咲いています。そろそろ季節を終えるようです。