Summer critters

I’m not sure what sort of beetle this is, but it’s lovely, isn’t it? I spotted it on the steps in a park near Kourakuen station.

The praying mantis appeared in the same location the day after the beetle. The toad, bufo japonicus formosus, also known as Azuma-Hiki Gaeru or Common Eastern Toad, also lives in the park. There are dozens of them and they like to hop around on rainy nights.