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Micro-season 25 of 72Grain in Ear

Praying Mantises Hatch

螳螂生かまきりしょうず

かまきりが卵からかえる

SummerJune 6〜June 10

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In English

Praying mantises hatch, hundreds at a time, from the foam case their mother left in autumn. Gardeners are glad to see them: they eat the pests.

秋に母が産みつけた泡の卵から、かまきりが一度に何百匹もかえる。害虫を食べるので、畑では歓迎される。

The solar term it belongs to

Grain in EarぼうしゅBoshu refers to grains with bristles, like rice and barley, and to the season for planting them. The rainy season usually begins around now.

Japanese culture around June