（４０３） Ｃｏｓｍｏｓ ａｔ Ｄｏｈｏ Ｐａｒｋ （３）
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Recently, my favorite walking park is full of weeds and is no longer suitable for walking, so I’ve been taking more walks in Doho Park.
In this chapter, I’ll introduce what I saw during four of my walks.
In early October, the cosmos flowers seemed to have stopped blooming, but once the orange flowers faded, white and pink flowers began to bloom, regaining momentum.
A lot of butterflies and moths come here.
One of the butterflies is “Argyreus hyperbius(ツマグロヒョウモン)”, which has leopard print wings and it is written in kanji as “褄黒豹紋 (sleeve black leopard pattern)''.
“Macroglossum bombylans(ヒメクロホウジャク)” is a moth in the family Sphingidae (スズメガ科). The adult moths are active during the day, hovering in the air and sucking nectar from flowers.
The famous hummingbird(ハチドリ) in the United States performs a hovering flight in which it flaps its wings at a high speed about 55 to 80 times per second, and stays still in the air.
The Macroglossum bombylans flaps its wings 70 to 90 times per second and can fly at speeds of up to 50km/h.
At the end of the chapter, I posted a photo of two Macroglossu bombylans hovering in a cosmos flower bed, so please enjoy it.
① This is my first walk in mid-October.
② I’m relaxing in front of the cosmos flower bed.
③ The number of white and pink cosmos flowers is increasing.
④ There are also yellow and dark orange cosmos flowers on the left.
⑤ This is a photo from my second walk in mid-October.
⑥ What’s that? I saw something white.
⑦ The white thing is a rabbit! I'm playing with Ms. Rabbit.
⑧ Two red dragonflies are perched on a rope by the pond.
⑨ This is a photo from my third walk in mid-October.
⑩ I'm happy because the number of flowers has increased.
⑪ This is a photo from my fourth walk in mid-October.
Osmanthus flowers(キンモクセイ) are blooming.
⑫ I am in front of the Osmanthus tree.
⑬ The dogwoods (ハナミズキ) are bearing red fruit.
⑭ I am in front of the dogwoods.
⑮ I’ve come to the cosmos flower bed.
⑯ I am in front of the cosmos flower bed.
⑰ The number of pink flowers has increased and I am in a good mood.
⑱ These are butterflies named Argyreus hyperbius (ツマグロヒョウモン).
⑲ This is moth called Macroglossum bombylans (ヒメクロホウジャク). The shutter speed is 1/2000 seconds, but the wings are still blurred.
⑳ This is another Macroglossum bombylans. At a shutter speed of 1/4000 seconds, the wings are not blurred. The following photos㉑～㉔ were also taken at a shutter speed of 1/4000 seconds.
㉑ This is a photo of an orange cosmos and a moth.
㉒ This is a photo of a pink cosmos and a moth.
㉓ This is a photo of a white cosmos and a moth.
㉔ Two moths called Macroglossum bombylans are doing acrobatics.
In this chapter, I’ll introduce what I saw during four of my walks.
In early October, the cosmos flowers seemed to have stopped blooming, but once the orange flowers faded, white and pink flowers began to bloom, regaining momentum.
A lot of butterflies and moths come here.
One of the butterflies is “Argyreus hyperbius(ツマグロヒョウモン)”, which has leopard print wings and it is written in kanji as “褄黒豹紋 (sleeve black leopard pattern)''.
“Macroglossum bombylans(ヒメクロホウジャク)” is a moth in the family Sphingidae (スズメガ科). The adult moths are active during the day, hovering in the air and sucking nectar from flowers.
The famous hummingbird(ハチドリ) in the United States performs a hovering flight in which it flaps its wings at a high speed about 55 to 80 times per second, and stays still in the air.
The Macroglossum bombylans flaps its wings 70 to 90 times per second and can fly at speeds of up to 50km/h.
At the end of the chapter, I posted a photo of two Macroglossu bombylans hovering in a cosmos flower bed, so please enjoy it.
① This is my first walk in mid-October.
② I’m relaxing in front of the cosmos flower bed.
③ The number of white and pink cosmos flowers is increasing.
④ There are also yellow and dark orange cosmos flowers on the left.
⑤ This is a photo from my second walk in mid-October.
⑥ What’s that? I saw something white.
⑦ The white thing is a rabbit! I'm playing with Ms. Rabbit.
⑧ Two red dragonflies are perched on a rope by the pond.
⑨ This is a photo from my third walk in mid-October.
⑩ I'm happy because the number of flowers has increased.
⑪ This is a photo from my fourth walk in mid-October.
Osmanthus flowers(キンモクセイ) are blooming.
⑫ I am in front of the Osmanthus tree.
⑬ The dogwoods (ハナミズキ) are bearing red fruit.
⑭ I am in front of the dogwoods.
⑮ I’ve come to the cosmos flower bed.
⑯ I am in front of the cosmos flower bed.
⑰ The number of pink flowers has increased and I am in a good mood.
⑱ These are butterflies named Argyreus hyperbius (ツマグロヒョウモン).
⑲ This is moth called Macroglossum bombylans (ヒメクロホウジャク). The shutter speed is 1/2000 seconds, but the wings are still blurred.
⑳ This is another Macroglossum bombylans. At a shutter speed of 1/4000 seconds, the wings are not blurred. The following photos㉑～㉔ were also taken at a shutter speed of 1/4000 seconds.
㉑ This is a photo of an orange cosmos and a moth.
㉒ This is a photo of a pink cosmos and a moth.
㉓ This is a photo of a white cosmos and a moth.
㉔ Two moths called Macroglossum bombylans are doing acrobatics.
