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Genus PeripatoidesObserver
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Great to be able to see one on the outskirts of the city.
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Forest Gecko (Mokopirirakau granulatus)Observer
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Certainly made my day!
Seen on a tree trunk. By design or chance it clung to a lichen that camouflaged it well.
I was surprised how large it was - maybe 20cm.
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Chalastra pellurgataObserver
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Feeding( I think), on a nikau palm inflorescence .
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Observer
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On a puddle on a road in a native bush reserve after heavy rain.
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Plump Springtails (Order Poduromorpha)Observer
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ID is for the purple ones. (I'm guessing that some of the smaller pale ones might be juveniles?)
Springtails on a puddle on a road in a bush reserve after heavy rain.
I've observed this phenomenon before: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/84824714.
Presumably the animals have swept down out of the bush by the water. It's interesting, however, that they have clumped together.
Certainly quite a spectacle!
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New Zealand Hermit Crab (Pagurus novizealandiae)Observer
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The bickering hermit crabs in this line might be about to swap shells? See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1dnocPQXDQ.
