Micro-seasons · 七十二候 · No. 9
菜虫化蝶 Caterpillars become butterflies
啓蟄 けいちつ · なむしちょうとなる
- 春 Spring
- 夏 Summer
- 秋 Autumn
- 冬 Winter
- — solid still observed · dashed dropped 2021 · faint never observed
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No. 9 · 啓蟄 けいちつ · Spring
菜虫化蝶namushi chō to naru
Caterpillars become butterflies
Observation dropped in 2021
By JMA records, the first cabbage-white butterfly now arrives ~8.8 days later than in 1953.JMA 生物季節観測 累年値 (もんしろちょうの初見; 5329 station-years, 1953–2020; ~1.3 days/decade, R²=0.05)
虫が蝶になります。
The caterpillar becomes a butterfly.
- 蝶chōbutterfly
- 虫mushiinsect
- なるnaruto become
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