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Observer

emily_r

Date

January 3, 2024 09:22 PM NZDT

Description

Happy New Year?! Not for this harvestman! Two hours later and Photo 11 shows all that was left of the Pantopsalis. The end photos show the chubby peripatus two hours later. Not sure if the peripatus had 15 or 16 pairs of legs (end photos best for leg counts but not conclusive).

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linda_g

Date

December 7, 2023 03:36 PM NZDT

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flossiepip

Date

November 13, 2023 08:02 AM NZDT

Description

We have some Orb web egg sac's under the carport that we keep an eye on to see if any parasitic wasps appear, as they sometimes do and this morning there were about 7 or 8 of these wasps all over them. Not sure what they were up to, so any id on the wasp!

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What

Black Stonefly (Austroperla cyrene)

Observer

commoncopper

Date

September 24, 2023 08:49 PM NZDT

Description

Those unfurled wings are exquisite.

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jo_poulton

Date

November 26, 2022 12:01 PM NZDT

Description

Lost some of the green iridescence when drying out. The last photo is while still wet.

Caught in window/yellow pan trap combo

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Observer

grey

Date

June 14, 2023 01:40 PM NZST

Description

A tiny parasitoid wasp that appears to be laying eggs into a fresh Siphanta acuta egg-cushion on the underside of a Lacebark leaf.

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ecoman

Date

March 21, 2023 02:37 PM NZDT

Description

Collected by Kat Douglas. Scale bar=1mm

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What

New Zealand Giant Centipede (Cormocephalus rubriceps)

Observer

invertebratist

Date

January 7, 2023 02:03 PM NZDT

Description

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, under a damp decomposing wood.
I didn't expect this when I flipped the piece of wood. Carefully placed back after getting images.

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flossiepip

Date

November 4, 2022 07:03 AM NZDT

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stephen_thorpe

Date

July 23, 2022

Description

Grafton Gully at Symonds St Cemetery, Grafton, Auckland. Larvae on lower surface of Ganoderma.

Tags

GIF

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What

Bicolored Pennant Ant (Tetramorium bicarinatum)

Observer

flossiepip

Date

May 30, 2022 05:14 AM NZST

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Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

April 3, 2022 12:32 PM NZST

Description

Albert Park, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010. On Ficus macrophylla.

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julievause_nz

Date

March 24, 2022 10:55 AM NZDT

Description

Single specimen flew into our house and created a mud coccoon on a piece of fabric.

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dwilson

Date

December 19, 2021 03:54 PM NZDT

Description

A nest chamber got knocked off a house wall, so I opened it for a look. Spiders inside were two salticids, theridiids and maybe tetragnathids. The spider at bottom with dark abdomen has a wasp grub on its back. The larger of the two salticids (top right) is 4mm long.

Compare species composition with this observation:
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/72975802

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Observer

raewyna

Date

December 8, 2015 10:21 AM NZDT

Description

The large sand scarab grub appears to be being attacked by the wasp.

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What

White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus)

Observer

flossiepip

Date

October 27, 2021 11:51 AM NZDT

Description

Two males going at it!

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Observer

ecoman

Date

November 25, 2009

Description

1mm scale bar

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Observer

cbeard

Date

February 8, 2016

Description

resting near nest holes in a stack of wood

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Observer

dwilson

Date

April 3, 2021 04:06 PM NZDT

Description

Three-chambered nest, shortly after completion and sealing of the middle chamber.
Second photo shows contents of middle chamber: Eight jumping spiders (Hypoblemum griseum) and one Clubiona sp. Jumping spider on left has a wasp egg on its abdomen.

See this observation for image of wasp working on the middle chamber on the previous day:
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/72975801

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What

Golden Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus australis)

Observer

flossiepip

Date

March 12, 2020 03:32 PM NZDT

Description

Large wasp with large Nursery web spider prey.

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Observer

ryan_nz

Date

April 6, 2020 05:17 PM NZST

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What

Devil's-Fingers (Clathrus archeri)

Observer

jacquiknight

Date

December 18, 2016

Description

Aseroë rubra?