Last updated: March 16, 2018
The specimen exhibition room displays specimens of insects such as butterflies, dragonflies, longhorn beetles, and beetles.
| Exhibition Contents | overview | Exhibition Contents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inagi's nature, flora and fauna | flora and fauna | Vegetation maps, overviews of flora and fauna, photo panels, etc. |
| 2 | Insects discovered in Inagi | insect specimen | Insect specimens created by the former Inagi High School outdoor activities club are on display. Introducing butterflies, moths, dragonflies, longhorn beetles, and other beetles using insect specimens and photo panels. |
| 3 | Former Inagi High School Outdoor Activities Club | results | Activities and achievements of the former Inagi High School outdoor activities club. Introducing the department magazine “Inagi Natural Museum” |
Specimen exhibition room
The flora and fauna found in Inagi are introduced through photo panels and charts. Vegetation maps showing changes in the natural environment and photos of characteristic plants are on display. The photo below shows Tama no Kan Aoi, a rare plant that grows mainly in forests and only lives in the Tama Hills and the surrounding area.
Tamanokan mallow (Acanthaceae)
Display of Inagi's nature, flora and fauna
Introducing insects collected in Inagi. Inagi City is blessed with a diverse environment, including hilly forests, grasslands, rice paddies, ponds and rivers, cultivated land, and urban areas, where a huge variety of insects live their respective lives. In areas where development has progressed, different species can now be seen due to changes in the environment. We also exhibit rare specimens such as the national butterfly, Omurasaki, which has recently disappeared.
| classification | Department |
|---|---|
| Butterfly | 8 families, 73 species (10 species of Papilionidae, 6 species of Chillidae, 1 species of Lycaenidae, 17 species of Lycaenidae, 1 species of Proboscideae, 18 species of Nymphalidae, 8 species of Elmidae, 12 species of Spermidae) |
| Ga | 4 families, 64 species (11 species of Geometridae, 5 species of Polygonidae, 19 species of Sphingidae, 29 species of Noctuaceae) |
| Dragonfly | 10 families, 56 species (7 species of Odonataceae, 1 species of Odonataceae, 4 species of Odonataceae, 3 species of Odonataceae, 9 species of Odonataceae, 1 species of Odonataceae, 1 species of Odonataceae, 8 species of Odonataceae, 3 species of Odonataceae, 19 species of Odonataceae seed) |
| fire Fly | 1 family, 5 species (Five species of fireflies) |
| longhorn beetle | 1 family, 104 species (104 species of Cerambycidae) |
| others | 27 species from 4 families (4 species from the family Carabidae, 7 species from the family Lucanidae, 14 species from the family Scarabaeidae, and 2 species from the family Buprestidae) |
| total | 28 families and 329 species |
This table shows the insects found in Inagi City up to 2008 during surveys conducted as part of the City History Compilation Project and by members of the Inagi Open Air Museum. This will change depending on future research.
National butterfly, Omurasaki
butterfly specimens
Dragonfly specimens
Specimens of beetles (beetles, etc.)
The insect specimens displayed in the specimen exhibition room were collected and created by the outdoor activity club of the former Inagi High School. On display are the magazine ``Inagi Nature Museum'' published by the Outdoor Activities Department, notebooks recording activity status, and photo panels of insects.
Outdoor activities club exhibition
Inagi City Education Department Lifelong Learning Division Tel: 042-377-2121