立秋(start of autumn) Aug 8 - Aug 22
立秋(start of autumn) is one of solar term. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_term)
Longitude of sun 135°.
Getting cooler. Tsukutsukuboushi(Meimuna opalifera) start singing. Grasshoppers get adult. Butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, cicadas, are still active.
Observations
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Greater Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum melania)Observer
harumkohDescription
オオシオカラトンボ.
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Goschkevitschi's Labyrinth (Neope goschkevitschii)Observer
harumkohDescription
サトキマダラヒカゲ.
This is Sato. We also have Yama. Books says three dots on wing is different, this all three seem all different position of dots. But Yama has more separated dots, I suppose..
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Brown Hornet (Vespa dybowskii)Observer
harumkohDescription
チャイロスズメバチ.
1st time I've found in Kobe. I saw the wasp in Sapporo so I believed that it's a north wasp.
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Japanese Pavement Ant (Tetramorium tsushimae)Observer
harumkohDescription
トビイロシワアリ .
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Stizus pulcherrimusObserver
harumkohDescription
キアシハナダカバチモドキ.
Red book specie.
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Japanese Common Plataspid Stinkbug (Megacopta punctatissima)Observer
harumkohDescription
This is very STINK bug. I never touch them since I grabbed it when I was a child.
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Dodders (Genus Cuscuta)Observer
harumkohDescription
I believed this is a beach plant but I found the plant far from beach.
->different plant. ネナシカズラ属.
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Black-spotted Frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus)Observer
harumkohDescription
I thought this was ダルマガエル because I felt the frog has shorter legs. But local government says ダルマガエル in Kobe doesn't have center line. This is トノサマガエル. :)
http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/life/recycle/environmental/tayosei/a_9_nagoyadarumagaeru.html
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Wrinkled Frog (Glandirana rugosa)Observer
harumkohDescription
Larger ツチガエル(1) on edge of Rice field.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
harumkohDescription
Small fish.
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Channeled Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata)Observer
harumkohDescription
スクミリンゴガイ.
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Channeled Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata)Observer
harumkohDescription
may be イシマキガイ.
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Japanese Blue Mud-dauber Wasp (Chalybion japonicum)Observer
harumkohDescription
ルリジガバチ.
Moves restlessly so I couldn't get close.
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Giant Timber Bamboo (Phyllostachys reticulata)Observer
harumkohDescription
Two branches, cover doesn't have blotch.
may be カシロダケ (Phyllostachys bambusoides f. kashirodake).
http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/okasho/takekawaarakaruto.htm
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