Photos of 16 Mar 2010
Tengu-cho(Snout Butterfly) 16 Mar 2010
Libythea celtis
This is the first butterfly photograph I took this year.
This one was basking in the sun when I got this photo.
Oh, I remembered that this one was also flying near a hackberry tree which is the food plant of its larvae.
And I also found butterflies larvae of O-murasaki(Japanese Emperor) and Gomadara-cho at the root of the tree.
No-geshi 16 Mar 2010
Sonchus oleraceus
This plant has many yellow flowers from spring to early summer.
It looks like this plant is sensitive to hot.
And therefore this plant is a kind of biennial plant in Japan.
Seiyo-tanpopo 16 Mar 2010
Taraxacum officinale
This plant is a kind of dandelion.
And this species is common all over the world.
We can see its flowers all year around except for severe winter.
Shirobana-tanpopo 16 Mar 2010
Taraxacum albidum
This dandelion is unique. This species has white flowers. And our native species.
Tanetsuke-bana(Wavy Bittercress) 16 Mar 2010
Cardamine flexuosa
This plant has many very small white flowers on spring.
This one is to be food for larvae of a kind of small butterfly "Tsumaki-cho".
Yabu-tsubaki 11 Mar 2010
Camellia japonica
Native species.
High tree.
Blooms Mar-April.
Fairly common.
Furasaba-sou 11 Mar 2010
Veronica hederaefolia
Alien species from Eurasia.
Flowering stems 1 to 2 feet tall.
Biennial.
Blooms Mar-May.
Fairly common.
Nazuna 11 Mar 2010
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Native species.
Flowering stems 1 to 2 feet tall.
Biennial.
Blooms Mar-May.
Fairly common.
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