Tokyo seems to be an entomologists dream. The first insect we came to into contact with was the cicadas (see pic.) which are a bit like grasshoppers. You rarely see the cicadas but you can't miss their high pitched, constant chirping noise. The strangest thing about them is that they spend 8 years growing underground and then only live above ground for about 2 weeks! Perhaps that's why they make so much noise - trying to make the most of their time! There are some spectacular butterflies of all colours and most of them are about the size of an adult hand-span. Around school there are a lot of back ones which look more like bats than insects; we also get a lot of dragonflies swooping and diving around the grounds; they are quite large so I often expect to see a fairy sitting on the back of one! Of course there the annoying insects too; some people have had cockroaches in their apartments but I have been lucky so far. I have been bitten by mosquitos quite a few times though and bites seem to itch for a least a week!
Insects
Tokyo seems to be an entomologists dream. The first insect we came to into contact with was the cicadas (see pic.) which are a bit like grasshoppers. You rarely see the cicadas but you can't miss their high pitched, constant chirping noise. The strangest thing about them is that they spend 8 years growing underground and then only live above ground for about 2 weeks! Perhaps that's why they make so much noise - trying to make the most of their time! There are some spectacular butterflies of all colours and most of them are about the size of an adult hand-span. Around school there are a lot of back ones which look more like bats than insects; we also get a lot of dragonflies swooping and diving around the grounds; they are quite large so I often expect to see a fairy sitting on the back of one! Of course there the annoying insects too; some people have had cockroaches in their apartments but I have been lucky so far. I have been bitten by mosquitos quite a few times though and bites seem to itch for a least a week!
Posted by anna on September 1, 2007 6:33 AM
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