| Insects |
Sarugamori-sakyu and its back
marshes |
This wetland site encompasses
a huge sand dune, some 7.5 km in length, that extends from Shikkari
situated in the neighborhood of Shiriyazaki (cape) to Odanosawa.
Behind the sand dune lie ponds and marshes from which water beetles
such as Laccophilus kobensis, Rhantus erraticus, Graphoderus
adamsii, Cybister japonicus, Dytiscus marginalis czerskii and
Hydrochara libera have been recorded. On the sand dune, Nabis
ferus, Cicindera laetescripta, Ceropales shizukoae, Bembix niponica
and Colletes yasumatsui have been observed. |
