Night life

 It's been too hot to go out during the day. Had to resort to some night life. There really ae a lot of moths out there, big and small. For some I found names, many not (yet). Very few have English names. Maybe that will change some time'

Otomoe,  オオトモエ　Erebus ephesperis (9cm)

 Indian owlet-moth;  Osuguro Tomoe,   オスグロトモエ  ♀   Spirama retorta  (7cm)

Indian owlet-moth;  Osuguro Tomoe,  オスグロトモエ  ♂   Spirama retorta

Kuruma Suzume, クルマスズメ   Ampelophaga rubiginosa   (7cm)

Budo Suzume, ブドウスズメ   Acosmeryx castanea  (7cm)

Tobi iro Suzume, トビイロスズメ   Clanis bilineata   (7cm)

Kuchiba Suzume,  クチバスズメ   Marumba sperchius  (10cm)

Unmon Suzume, ウンモンスズメ   Callambulyx tatarinovii  (7cm)

Japanese luna moth;  Omizuao,  オオミズアオ   Actias aliena  (12cm)

Obiga,  オビガ  Apha aequalis  (6cm)

Ukonkagiba, ウコンカギバ　Tridrepana crocea

Kinmonga,  キンモンガ　Psychostrophia melanargia

Gomafuri Dokuga,  ゴマフリドクガ　Somena pulverea

Aosedaka Shachihoko,  アオセダカシャチホコ  Rabtala splendida

Sedaka Shachihoko  セダカシャチホコ  Rabtala cristata 

Kagishirosuji Aoshaku, カギシロスジアオシャク  Geometra dieckmanni 

Kuromon Dokuga,  クロモンドクガ   Pida niphonis

Sujibenikokega,  スジベニコケガ　Barsine striata

No idea, maybe kind of hitoriga

Baibarashiro Shachihoko,  バイバラシロシャチホコ

Cnethodonta grisescens grisescens

Rosy footman; Beniherikokega,   ベニヘリコケガ  Miltochrista miniata

This too?

Usuiro ginmon Shachihokoウスイロギンモンシャチホコ　Spatalia doerriesi

Gomakenmon,  ゴマケンモン Moma alpium

Sujimon Hitori,  スジモンヒトリ. Spilarctia seriatopunctata

Hime Shachihoko,  ヒメシャチホコ　Stauropus basalis

Shiro Hitori,  シロヒトリ  Chionarctia nivea

Party at a lamp post

And below a lot more without names....

But once I have found them they will be promoted to the upper level!

Mt Kuju national park, July 31-Aug 1, 2020

The last day of July we chose to hike to the Bogatsuru. We had driven Billie down the day before after work, so we could start early. And we were in for a surprise: The easy trail to the XXX had changed completely. Big rocks, often not settled yet and a lot of water made the going slow. That's what the heavy rains had done. Fortunately it was light (I did have a stupid plan to leave at 4am. - glad I overslept!) It would be too hard in the moonlight. Oh dear, this will take years to recover. If ever. What a pity. It explained the lack of fellow hikers. Everybody had heard or read about it I guess and went hiking somewhere else. We had the place nearly to ourselves.

View of Bogatsuru at midday

Some flowers and bugs that we saw. 

Female Japenese Banded Darter, ミヤマアカネ　

ヒョウモネダシャク　Arichanna gaschkevitchii

Which one is St. John's wort, オトギリソウ?

Wood small-reed or bushgrass, ヤマアワ

High brown fritillary (ウラギンヒョウモン) a bit worn

サクラコガネ? One of many Japanese Scarab beetles

White-tailed Sskimmer, オオシオカラトンボ

At the hotspring resort most small cabins were destroyed by the rubble that came down the mountain during the tremendous downpours earlier this month

ツマキシロナミシャク  Gandaritis whitelyi

Purple-loosestrife, ミソハギ

Jaap at our point of return

Tiger lily コオニユリ (Lilium leichtlinii)

Metanarthecium, ノギラン

The Dryad, ジャノメチョウ (Minois dryas) on Nogiran, ノギラン (Metanarthecium)

Japanese Labyrinth, ヤマキマダラヒカゲ (Neope niphonica)

One flower of Hosta sieboldii (コバギボウシ) Was it too early in the season?

サナエトンボ,　Gomphinae spec.

My favorite flower: The Pincushion Flower, マツムシソウ (Scabiosa japonica)  Japanese endemic 

Doesn't it look like a pincushion?

Japanese Cow Wheat, ママコナ

 シモツケソウ, (Filipendula multijuga) with hoverfly, ヒラタアブ

Cirsium japonicum (ノアザミ)　Japanese thistle

Amegaike, 雨ヶ池

テリハアカショウマ　(Astilbe thunbergii)

Heal-all,  ウツボグサ (Prunella vulgaris), a medicinal plant also known as Kakkosou (self-healing)

Back at our start point in Choojabaru: Tadehara 

The next morning we had time to wander around a bit and I looked for birds. This woodpecker gave me a few seconds, but there was not enough light for a decent picture

White-backed woodpecker (オオアカゲラ)

アカクビナガハムシ　(Lilioceris subpolita)  Leaf beetle spec

テリハアカショウマ Astilbe thunbergii (L) and サワギキョウ Lobelia sessilifolia (R)

サワヒヨドリ, Eupatorium lindleyanum

This too I think.  サワヒヨドリ. Eupatorium lindleyanum

Gooseneck Loosestrife,  オカトラノオ　(Lysimachia clethroides)

The usual Buntings were there, the Cisticola too,  but I didn't see much else. 

At the usual spot: Chestnut-eared Bunting,  ホオアカ

Lesser Cuckoo,  ホトトギス calling from a tree around 300m away

 ヒゴタイ,  Echinops setifer

ウスベニスジヒメシャク, Timandra dichela

Some kind of fungus on a piece of rotten wood

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Young flycatcher, probably Asian Brown Flycatcher (コサメビタキ)

Same bird 

タケカレハ,  Bamboo lasiocampid

Again, the Dryad, ジャノメチョウ (Minois dryas)

This moth fell out of the tree were we had parked. I have not been looking at moths very long, but I found a name (actually 2) that I hope is correct. ウスイロギンモンシャチホコ

（オオギンモンシャチホコ）Spatalia doerriesi

Filipendula multijuga (シモツケソウ)

And then there was this one fluttering away in the tree beside us.

 It's a guess: ヒトリガ Tiger Moth spec

And that's it for now.