This is a carpinus japonica or Japanese hornbeam flower. Didn't you think that it was a green(?) pine cone or common hop? I did😅..
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| Carpinus japonica 熊四手 |
White-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth (Theretra Oldenlandiae) セスジスズメ（背筋雀）
英語の後に日本語が続きます。 Impatiens hawkmoths or white-banded hunter hawkmoths (Theretra oldenlandia) can be found across Japan. Their caterpillars are...
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英語の後に日本語が続きます。 This is the best shot I could get. It's a female Joro spider, I think. I noticed her spider web first several months ago ... -
英語の後に日本語が続きます。 I often mistake horseflies for bees, but I believe this is a bee, maybe a bumblebee!!?? If so, it's my first time to see ...