“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。

“Unfamiliar butterfly”

A butterfly that I often saw from spring, were perched on the leaves of the doku-dami (chameleon plant). Several others were on the ground. They were “Ishigake-cho.” Ishigake means Japanese stone wall. The pattern of wings is likened to that shape. This butterfly is not known to be this peninsula. They probably entered the peninsula from south.  [JUNE 2021]

Cyrestis thyodamas

ある雑木林で出会ったイシガケチョウ。半島では存在があまり知られていません。紀伊半島以南に分布していますが、北上していると考えられています。翅の模様が、石垣に見立てられてその名前があります。

“Branches on the beach”

When you enter the sandy beach from the embankment, trees are planted to keep out the sand and wind. In front of the trees, two bent branches were arranged. I didn’t see it when I visited a while ago. I wondered where came from.  [JUNE 2021]

“The Asian comma”

The Asian comma is a butterfly that you often meet throughout the year. It is noticeable that many edges of the wings are cut. Under warm sunlight, it closed and opened its wings on the leaves of camphor tree.  [JUNE 2021]

Polygonia c-aureum

一年を通してよく見かけるキタテハ。年に数回発生し、成虫越冬します。林縁や川原、荒れ地などさまざまな場所で出会う蝶です。

“Ghost orchid sprout”

A ghost orchid was sprouting from humus in a wooded area. The number of this ghost orchid is declining everywhere. The sprout is bending its neck. After a few days, it will stand upright and hang a number of small flowers.  [JUNE 2021]

Epipogium roseum

数が減少している腐生ランのひとつ、タシロラン。初夏に腐葉土から芽生えます。立ち上がると、いくつもの花を垂らします。その姿は幽霊にも妖精にも見立てられます。