Showing posts with label grasshopper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grasshopper. Show all posts

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Singing Grasshopper

kiri1

During the evenings usually the only light on in the house is a small lamp above my desk.

It tends to attract all kinds of bugs.

kiri2

The other night this guy came and hung around for a while and didn't mind me poking a camera lens at him/her.

Its a Kirigirisu, a Singing Grasshopper.

kiri3

During the Edo period they were sold in small bamboo cages as pets, something that still goes on today.

Ther are a lot of bugs in Japan, so its no surprise that they are still collected by boys.