ラベル コガネムシ(黄金虫) の投稿を表示しています。 すべての投稿を表示
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Japanese Fruit Beetle (Mimela Splendens) 黄金虫(コガネムシ)

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

They're Japanese fruit beetles (Mimela splendens). I noticed at first one of them, then found many hiding in the back behind the leaves.

They'are so beautiful that their Japanese name means golden bugs, but they're harmful, damaging everything around them. You can see the leaves around them being eaten.

Japanese fruit beetle (Mimela splendens) 黄金虫(コガネムシ)

This one is chinning up 懸垂中

Mimela Splendens (Scarab Beetle) 黄金虫(コガネムシ)

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I'm not into bugs, but the metallic green of these mimela splendens or scarabaeidae beetles (scarab beetles) caught my eye. I said "they" because I found many, which were sitting still on leaves separately about 10 cm apart. They might be eating breakfast, but I have no idea why so many scarab beetles were there... 

 Mimela splendens コガネムシ

Pale Speedwell (Veronica Cymbalaria) コゴメイヌノフグリ(小米犬の陰嚢)

英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Pale speedwells (Veronica cymbalaria) are native to Europe. Speedwells can be found across Japan, but this type isn't so ...