Environment : Activities for reducing our own environmental burdens Pictorial Book of Creatures in Hamamatsu Business Office

Hamamatsu Business Office opened a biotope in the green area of the premises in FY2012 and are maintaining it. In this page, we introduce creatures watched in the biotope.

External view of the biotope of Hamamatsu Business Office.

Creatures watched in the biotope

Fish, Shellfishes

Tanakia lanceolata

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Critically Endangered (CR)

Within Shizuoka Prefecture, inhabitation is confirmed only in the Miyakoda River valley. The Tanakia lanceolata inhabiting in the neighboring Miyakoda River system is preserved in a biotope.

Pronodularia japanensis

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Critically Endangered (CR)

Bivalve which will be spawning mother shell of Tanakia lanceolata. The Pronodularia japanensis inhabiting in the neighboring Miyakoda River system is preserved in a biotope.

Oryzias latipes

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Vulnerable(VU)

Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Data Deficient(DD)

Woody plant

Quercus serrata

Raised seeds collected in the neighborhood to young trees and then planted.

Rhododendron kaempferi

Ligustrum japonicum

Herbaceous plant

Sparganium fallax

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Vulnerable (VU)

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Potamogeton fryeri

Prunella vulgaris

Patrinia scabiosifolia

Lysimachia clethroides

Tephroseris pierotii

Tricyrtis hirta

Broussonetia kazinoki

Viburnum erosum

Insects

Paracercion calamorum

Dragonflies seen from spring to autumn.

Ceriagrion melanurum

Dragonflies seen from spring to autumn. Many were seen around the pond.

Atrocalopteryx atrata

Orthetrum albistylum speciosum

Orthetrum melania

Anax parthenope julius

Epophthalmia elegans

(Photo shows larva)

Rhyothemis fuliginosa

Luciola cruciata

(Photo shows larva)

Appasus japonicus

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Noteworthy (N-Ⅲ)

Hydaticus grammicus

Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius

Amphibians,Reptiles

Pelophylax nigromaculatus

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Near Threatened (NT)

Fejervarya kawamurai

Cynops pyrrhogaster

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Near Threatened (NT)

Hebius vibakari

Rhabdophis tigrinus

Birds

Alcedo atthis

Nycticorax nycticorax (young one)

Shizuoka Prefecture RL2020 Noteworthy (N-Ⅲ)

Lanius bucephalus