Tag Archives: butterflies

Feeling Blue

Posted on Saturday, September 5, 2020 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. I’m sorry that it has taken me so long to get around to posting this.  I was aware of the news story but hadn’t really had the time to chase up the details.  I shall post the Japan … Continue reading →

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Emerge

Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. This post comes courtesy of nature deciding to get in my face for once. The wife discovered a large, green caterpillar positioned on the wall near the door. I knew that it was a kind of swallowtail butterfly, … Continue reading →

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The Very Green Caterpillar

Posted on Monday, October 9, 2017 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. We are well and truly into autumn.  The cicadas stopped singing long ago, the crickets taking their place as nature’s muses.  The red spider lilies have fallen, and my scant crop of persimmons is nearly ready for harvest.  … Continue reading →

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Don’t Count Your Eggs

Posted on Sunday, May 8, 2016 by wildinjapan

Hi blog. It’s that time of year again – too many family, social and work obligations, not enough sleep and the sun coming up early. This is just a quick post and a reminder of what can happen if you … Continue reading →

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More things you might see when you don’t have a camera

Posted on Thursday, August 2, 2012 by wildinjapan

A brief collection of random things I photographed with my mobile phone, all in one morning on a slightly different work route. There were sunflowers over two metres tall… Jungle… Taro fields… Great purple emperors (Sasakia charonda) or omurasaki (大紫), … Continue reading →

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Splitting hairs? An adventure in Cross-Linguistic Naming

Posted on Sunday, November 6, 2011 by wildinjapan

One of the interesting aspects of doing any anything nature-related in Japan is the difference in nomenclature between the English and Japanese languages. Most non-linguists tend to think in very absolute terms – generally along the lines that their language’s … Continue reading →

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