取り入れ前の田圃が美しい季節になった。涼しくなるとだんだん虫が少なくなって寂しい様な気もする。田圃に何かいないかと思って探してみたら、こんな物があった。何かのマユのようだ。中南米あたりの民芸品にありそうな渋いデザインが気に入った。
HOUNEN-TAWARA-BACHI (Charops bicolor) Ichneumonidae
Before harvest, rice fields looks beautiful. The number of insects seems to be decreasing as it gets colder. As I walked into a rice field, I found this object which looks like a cocoon. It has an interesting pattern which reminds me of some folkcraft from latin america. It is actually a cocoon of parasitic bee. It is considered to be a beneficial insect, because it lives on some kind of moth(Pyraloidea).
HOUNEN-TAWARA-BACHI (Charops bicolor) Ichneumonidae
Before harvest, rice fields looks beautiful. The number of insects seems to be decreasing as it gets colder. As I walked into a rice field, I found this object which looks like a cocoon. It has an interesting pattern which reminds me of some folkcraft from latin america. It is actually a cocoon of parasitic bee. It is considered to be a beneficial insect, because it lives on some kind of moth(Pyraloidea).