City Creatures

Photographs of our fellow city-dwellers

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the world is strange and big and beautiful and a lot of it statistically is bugs

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Early May 2024

Just a little buddy munching along

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Early May 2024

The clovers are in full bloom over here.

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Mid May 2024

The barn swalows were busy making nests and feeding babies.

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Early May 2024

I found this super cute patch of succulents and can't resist petting it. This is a type of Sedum native to East Asia.

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(March 2021)

Textures of the tops of old wooden posts.

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(November, 2020)

Can't get enough of tree textures.

This particular tree was grown in a park so it's technically not wildlife. However, the Japanese red pine can also be found in the wild.

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(November, 2020)

Been a while since I posted plants

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(November, 2020)

This is the fastest I've seen a caterpillar move

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(October, 2020)

Garden spider

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(August, 2020)

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(August, 2020)

Cicada (Meimuna opalifera)

ツクツクボウシ (tsuku-tsuku-boushi) in Japanese

Here's how they sound:

(video not by me) (bonus crab)

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(September, 2020)

Skipper butterfly (hesperiid)

セセリ (seseri) in Japanese. They're cute and fluffy.

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(July, 2020)

Look at his sparkly little eye!

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(June, 2020)

This beauty is a male Rhyothemis fuliginosa. Easily one of the prettiest insects I've ever seen.

He stayed still just long enough for me to take these pictures before flying away. I like to think he was posing for me.

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(June, 2019)

Sometimes you just gotta take things slow.

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(June, 2020)

Spring began in late May, and now it's almost summer. Although at times it feels too warm to take walks, it's good to see the pollinators back out again.