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ANIMAL TRACKER

Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Jan 13, 2003
Bee hawkmoth
* Japanese name: Sukibahoujyaku * Scientific name: Hemaris radians * Description: Bee hawkmoths belong to the moth family Sphingidae. They are large moths (wingspan 37-40 mm) able to fly at high speeds (hence the name hawkmoth). Caterpillars are bright green and recognizable by the black spine on the...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Dec 30, 2002
Carrion beetle
* Japanese name: Yotsu boshi hiratashide mushi * Scientific name: Dendroxena sexcarinat * Description: The full name of this insect is the Japanese four-spotted carrion beetle. It is 15 mm long, with a flat, orange body with four black spots. The body is unusually flexible for a beetle. Carrion beetles...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Dec 16, 2002
Groundhopper
* Japanese name: Hishibatta * Scientific name: Formosatettix japonica * Description: Groundhoppers (also known as pygmy grasshoppers) are in the same order (Orthoptera) as crickets and "regular" grasshoppers, but they are smaller (less than 20 mm long) and sturdier. Like their orthopteran relatives,...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Dec 2, 2002
Click beetle
* Japanese name: Ubatamakomeshiki * Scientific name: Paracalais berus * Description: Click beetles have a hinged body and a spine beneath the thorax that fits into a groove under the abdomen. They are 16-19 mm long, with flattened, elongated, bullet-shaped brown bodies. Also known as snapping, break-back...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 22, 2002
Oily cicada
* Japanese name: Abura zemi * Scientific name: Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata * Description: The body length of this large cicada is between 32-40 mm as an adult. Like any true bug, the wings are held over the body and form an upside-down V-shape. The mottled wings look like they have a coating of oil...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 15, 2002
Ryukyu damselfly
* Japanese name: Ryukyu hagurotonbo * Scientific name: Matrona basilaris japonica * Description: The Ryukyu damselfly is a sturdy, brightly colored insect. At 51-65 mm long, it is large for a damselfly. Males have brilliant electric-blue bodies and two pairs of dark-blue wings, although there is...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 8, 2002
Loggerhead turtle
* Japanese name: Ao-umigame * Scientific name: Caretta caretta * Description: Turtles are reptiles with limbs modified into swimming paddles. Loggerhead turtles have a characteristically large head, but they don't have a big brain: It's their jaws that are large. The reddish-brown carapace of adults...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Nov 1, 2002
Earwig
* Japanese name: Hasami mushi * Scientific name: Dermaptera species * Description: Earwigs are small (20 mm long), dark-colored insects with flattened bodies and a semi-circular, very thin pair of wings. The wings are elaborately folded under tiny elytra (wing cases), and it is the nature of the wing...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 25, 2002
Mantidfly
* Japanese name: Himekamakirimodoki * Scientific name: Mantispa japonica * Description: Mantidflies are about 25 mm long. They belong to an unusual order of insects, the Neuroptera (the name means "network wing"). Like other neuropterans, such as lacewings, mantidflies have two pairs of fine, delicately...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 18, 2002
Stag beetle
* Japanese name: Miyamakuwagata * Scientific name: Lucanus maculifemoratus * Description: This is a large, reddish-black, heavily armed (and armored) beetle. Males have a fearsome but elegant pair of antlerlike jaws, about 15 mm long, with sharp teeth. Body length ranges from 43-72 mm. Females do not...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 11, 2002
Red damselfly
* Japanese name: Beniito tonbo * Scientific name: Ceriagrion nipponicum * Description: The red damselfly is small (body length 34-41 mm). Damselflies can be distinguished from dragonflies (both in the insect order Odonata) by the way they perch. Damselflies rest with their wings folded together over...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Oct 4, 2002
Sea cucumber
* Japanese name: Torafunamako * Scientific name: Holothuria pervicax * Description: Despite their name, sea cucumbers are not plants but animals, close relatives of sea urchins and starfish. They are all echinoderms, and members of this group are radially symmetrical. This kind of symmetry is most familiar...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 27, 2002
Moon jellyfish
* Japanese name: Mizukurage * Scientific name: Aurelia aurita * Description: Moon jellyfish are soft-bodied, transparent animals that swim by gently undulating their bell-shaped bodies. They range in size from 5 cm to 40 cm in diameter. Unlike what you may have expected, size is not an indication of...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 20, 2002
Japanese oakblue
* Japanese name: Murasaki shijimi * Scientific name: Narathura japonica * Description: If you catch sight of a butterfly flitting through the trees, it is likely to be an oakblue. The oakblue is a small (14-22 mm long) butterfly. Its black-bordered wings have beautiful, iridescent blue patches. It...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 13, 2002
Giant hornet
* Japanese name: Oo-suzumebachi * Scientific name: Vespa mandarinia japonica * Description: This monster is the largest social wasp in the world. Workers grow to between 25 and 35 mm long, drones (males) up to 45 mm long, and queens a startling 55 mm in length. Giant hornets have wide, orange heads...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Sep 6, 2002
Dung beetle
* Japanese name: Oosenchikogane * Scientific name: Geotrupes auratus * Description: Dung beetles are robust, powerful insects with an excellent sense of smell. They are metallic-green with a red tint and are 17-22 mm long. The antennae of this family of dung beetles end in a dull club-shape. * Where...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 30, 2002
Harbor seal
* Japanese name: Zenigata-azarashi * Scientific name: Phoca vitulina stejnegeri * Description: Harbor seals are pinnipeds -- mammals adapted to life in the ocean. Their limbs are modified into flippers, each with five digits. The fore flippers are used for grooming, scratching and fighting; the hind...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 23, 2002
Common octopus
* Japanese name: Madako * Scientific name: Octopus vulgaris * Description: Octopuses are cephalopods, the most complex and advanced of the mollusks. They have short, round bodies and, of course, eight arms joined by a web of skin. The arms are covered with suckers. Octopuses move by jet propulsion,...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 16, 2002
Japanese crayfish
* Japanese name: Nihon zarigani * Scientific name: Cambaroides japonicus * Description: Japanese crayfish are crustaceans, the same as shrimps and crabs. They have a flat, segmented body and 5 pairs of legs. The first three pairs of legs are spineless claws, and the front pair are enlarged. If legs...
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / ANIMAL TRACKER
Aug 9, 2002
Chestnut tiger
* Japanese name: Asagi madara * Scientific name: Parantica sita * Description: Chestnut tigers are large butterflies, with a 43-65 mm wingspan and a striking blue-green marbled pattern on the wings. The body is black with white spots. Butterflies from this family (Danaidae) are also distinctive because...
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