Longheaded Locust (Atractomorpha Lata) オンブバッタ（負飛蝗）

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Yesterday it was about a fly on a yellow cosmos and today it's about a longheaded locust (Atractomorpha lata). As almost all flowers are gone but yellow cosmoses in my neighborhood because of the recent heatwave, the cosmoses may be the only place for bugs to rest now. The locust's Japanese name is "Ombu batta," meaning piggybacking grasshoppers because their females are often seen piggybacking the males (not vice versa!). I want to see such a couple someday!    

Longheaded locust (Atractomorpha lata)　オンブバッタ（負飛蝗）

A Fly on Yellow Cosmos キバナコスモス（黄花秋桜）とハエ

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

It was 26°C at 4:30 this morning and I went out to take a walk as usual. Soon after starting to walk, however, I began to look for something, something which allowed me to rest for a minute or two without making me feel guilty about that because it was too hot and humid... Then, I found this, a fly literally flying over yellow cosmoses (Cosmos sulphureus) and then landing on one of them. I stopped (for a reason😤), starting to photograph it and a couple of minutes later, recharged by the beautiful green fly and yellow cosmoses, I was able to start walking again!   

A fly on yellow cosmos　キバナコスモス（黄花秋桜）とハエ