Unique Japanese Animals - Page 3

SHAD0W · (#21 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MissMisa

I bet those kids thought you were a nutter

taking pictures of bugs and prodding them, lmao.

I can't be that strange cuz the only reason I noticed it was because of the kids crowding round it and going "EERRRRRRRR whats that?!" haha!

Sashimister · (#22 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W

Just found this wandering along the decking outside my school. What the hell is it? Looks like some sort of strange worm/slug thing cleverly disguised as a stick.　　If you touched it, it freaked out wiggling all over, then lay straight and solid on the floor like a twig until it thought the coast was clear.

That's an inchworm, the larva of a moth.

SHAD0W · (#23 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Sashimister

That's an inchworm, the larva of a moth.

Erugh really!? I hate moths!!!!!!!!!!! My only weakness! Thanks for your reply!

manganimefan227 · (#24 (**permalink**))

The cranes look really cute!! The tanuki are cool too!! I would have guessed the moth guy was a kemushi, caterpillar

Luckkiss · (#25 (**permalink**))

The tanuki is kawaii... a salamader that smells like rhubarb- what the?

Nyororin · (#26 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W

Erugh really!? I hate moths!!!!!!!!!!! My only weakness! Thanks for your reply!

Really? I think moths are one of the cutest insects out there...
I mean, they`re fuzzy! And they aren`t exactly hostile. I cannot begin to count the number of moths I have caught and released from indoors. Never once has one injured me.

They sort of rank in the same category as hanaika, which are another of my favorite cute creatures. Too bad you have to see it in action to get the cuteness - photos simply do not convey it.

Columbine · (#27 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SHAD0W

Just found this wandering along the decking outside my school. What the hell is it? Looks like some sort of strange worm/slug thing cleverly disguised as a stick.　　If you touched it, it freaked out wiggling all over, then lay straight and solid on the floor like a twig until it thought the coast was clear.

I got an ident. of your inchworm!

it's 'Biston Robustus Robustus'. I think it's kind of adorable, myself.
http://www.jpmoth.org/Geometridae/En..._robustus.html