Sun 2 May 2010
I managed to find a few of these assassin bug nymphs. Just imagine coming face to face with a giant one of those!!
Hemiptera : Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
Sphedanolestes impressicollis
shma-sashi-game
Location: In the valley below Mt. Yukawa in Munakata (google map)
Sun 4 Apr 2010
Hemiptera: Cicadellidae
Bothrogonia ferruginea
Black-tipped Leafhopper = tsumaguro-oo-yokobai
Location: Shousuke-mura near Global Arena in Munakata (google map)
Tue 30 Mar 2010
This cabbage bug was in the garden. Its name in Japanese is Na-game, where the “na” stands for “na-no-hana” (oilseed rape) and the “game” comes from “kame-mushi“, which means stink bugs.
Hemiptera: Pentatomidae
Eurydema rugosa
Cabbage Bug = nagame
Location: Munakata Common
Sat 26 Jul 2008
A very strange little bug. It looks like a mini cicada.
Hemiptera: Derbidae
Pamendanga matsumurae
= madara-hanenaga-unka
Location: Back road towards Yamada Village in Munakata (google map)
Sat 12 Jul 2008
Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea
Megymenum gracilicorne
Shield Bug = nokogiri-kamemushi
Location: In sweet chestnut grove next to Munakata Common (Google map)
Sat 12 Jul 2008
Hemiptera: Ricaniidae
Orosanga japonicus
Planthopper = bekkou-hagoromo
Location: In sweet chestnut grove next to Munakata Common (Google map)
Sun 8 Jun 2008
Wow, these things are small (about 2.5mm) and difficult to spot. The flat shape makes them look like small patches of discolored leaf. After seeing one of the “patches” move, I thought I’d take a photo – using my camera like a kind of microscope to see the details. Then I discovered that I was actually looking at tiny and delicately structured lace bugs.
Corythucha marmorata
= awadachisou-gunbai
= chrysanthenum lace bug
Location: Munakata Common (Google map).
Sat 31 May 2008
The Japanese name for this bug is “ushi-kamemushi,” which can be translated as “cow bug” or “ox bug.” I guess the name comes from the horn-like projections on its thorax – giving it the appearance of an ox. I thinks it’s a really apt name.
Hemiptera:
Alcimocoris japonensis
= ushi-kamemushi (= Ox bug?)
Location: forest area near Ikeda Village in Munakata (aerial photo)
Map: Google map link
Mon 26 May 2008
What a weird little bug! It’s a kind of leafhopper (or froghopper).
Hemiptera: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers)
Petalocephala discolor
= ko-mimizuku
Location: In orchards and bamboo/pine forest above Yokoyama Village (Google map)
Sun 18 May 2008
Hemiptera: Machaerotidae (Tube Spittlebugs)
Hindoloides bipunctatus
Spittlebug = muneaka-awafuki
Location: Fureiai Forest Park (Google map)