Date Added
September 15, 2023
06:17 AM UTC
Description
Seen underwater. Unusual purple/green looked very out of place
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March 15, 2023
10:21 AM UTC
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July 30, 2023
06:05 PM NZST
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April 17, 2021
02:55 AM UTC
Description
I saw this at Rototai reserve near Tākaka. It is not attached to the piece of wood, just resting on it.
Date Added
July 24, 2023
03:51 PM NZST
Description
Auckland CBD.
Brigham St, Wynyard Quarter.
Unknown blister galls on adaxial surface of leaves on a weedy Senecio skirrhodon.
Dissected galls do not contain anything recognisable.
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August 11, 2023
04:24 PM NZST
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January 15, 2023
10:45 PM UTC
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March 24, 2022
07:56 PM UTC
Description
Urgently need to know what this ad whether it is an invasive species as found it on a boat
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February 28, 2023
03:05 PM NZDT
Description
Hitchhiker from Te Waihora, Greenpark Sands. 12mm long from nose to wing tip
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May 20, 2023
07:15 PM NZST
Description
could l please get a confirmation on this Anemone please
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June 24, 2023
08:29 PM NZST
Date Added
May 30, 2023
08:08 PM NZST
Description
Found in Kaikoura Ranges. (Exact location not given as this is a critically endangered species and the first sighting for some time.
Date Added
August 5, 2017
09:28 PM NZST
What
Pūkeko
(Porphyrio melanotus ssp. melanotus)
Date Added
May 26, 2023
03:02 PM NZST
Date Added
May 24, 2023
11:43 PM UTC
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May 25, 2023
01:11 PM NZST
Date Added
March 5, 2019
06:53 PM NZDT
Description
Seen flying through the garden
Date Added
January 1, 2023
02:52 AM GMT
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February 28, 2018
05:58 PM NZDT
Description
The first time I've seen this bird around West Melton. Initially, it was perched on a fence and let me approach to within a few metres, although it was flicking it's tail in agitation. I suspect it's a female or juvenile tomtit.
Date Added
May 13, 2023
02:52 PM NZST
Date Added
May 2, 2023
06:41 PM NZST
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May 6, 2023
07:55 PM NZST
Description
The best photo I could get unfortunately. Was flying low carrying a baby duckling
Date Added
January 2, 2021
09:35 AM NZDT
Description
City campus of the University of Auckland, Auckland CBD. One live adult female wasp ovipositing into a young Siphanta acuta nymph.
Date Added
May 11, 2023
10:12 PM NZST
Description
What is this harakeke seed pod caterpillar?
@butterfly4
Date Added
May 1, 2023
03:10 PM NZST
Date Added
May 1, 2023
02:58 PM NZST
Date Added
May 1, 2023
11:29 PM NZST
Date Added
April 30, 2023
07:41 PM NZST
Date Added
April 28, 2023
11:53 PM NZST
Date Added
June 26, 2021
06:12 PM NZST
Description
1071-2
Identification uncertain.
Date Added
May 5, 2023
02:08 PM NZST
Date Added
April 28, 2023
09:04 AM NZST
Description
On Nothofagus cliffortioides
Date Added
May 2, 2023
09:08 PM NZST
Date Added
May 2, 2023
02:07 PM NZST
Date Added
April 30, 2020
09:13 PM NZST
Description
Planted trees + root-suckered shrubs
Date Added
April 5, 2023
03:33 PM NZST
Description
On Senecio skirrhodon. This observation is for the aphids not the plant or the ants.
Note: Aphid specimens from this observation were sent to MPI for identification and confirmed as Aphis lugentis.
Date Added
May 7, 2023
10:58 PM NZST
Description
black aphids feeding on Senecio vulgaris
Date Added
May 5, 2023
04:00 PM NZST
Date Added
April 29, 2023
07:17 PM NZST
Description
Had leaf vein type pattern on its back. Very similar colour to mossy surroundings. Native slug?
Date Added
May 16, 2022
12:44 PM +12
Date Added
May 4, 2023
07:16 PM NZST
Description
Attracted in to a 160W Sylania HSB-BW bulb.
Date Added
May 4, 2023
09:14 AM NZST
Date Added
July 18, 2021
04:39 PM +08
Description
This observation is for the pseudoscorpion hanging on to the wasp's antenna
Date Added
April 22, 2023
02:20 PM NZST
Date Added
May 2, 2022
10:48 PM NZST
Description
Growing on exposed ridge in fellfield. Not sure about I.D.
Date Added
April 19, 2023
10:18 AM NZST
Date Added
March 12, 2023
08:44 AM UTC
Date Added
March 30, 2023
12:48 PM NZDT
Date Added
March 24, 2023
04:01 PM NZDT
Description
26 Te Taou Crescent (grounds of Grand Central Apartments), Auckland CBD.
Appears to have gone wild (casual) around a fertile potted plant.
Date Added
November 15, 2019
08:45 PM NZDT
Description
Gynoplistia pedestris mating.
I've been looking for this for many years.
Patience pays off.
The wingless ones seem to be spreading in their range over Travis over the years.
Date Added
March 22, 2023
07:22 PM NZDT
Date Added
March 22, 2023
02:41 PM NZDT
Description
Ergot on Lolium arundinaceum
Date Added
March 16, 2023
09:50 PM NZDT
Description
appears to be ovipositing on clover
Date Added
March 14, 2023
02:40 PM NZDT
Description
Female karearea observed in open beech forest in the Nina Valley. Appeared to be stashing prey but were unable to confirm.
What
Chukar
(Alectoris chukar)
Date Added
February 13, 2023
08:41 AM NZDT
Description
Recorded on trail cam as part of the Te Manahuna Aoraki project. On Malte Brun.
Date Added
March 1, 2023
10:33 PM NZDT
Description
Senecio 'Cape Campbell', an officially unnamed coastal calcicole species of the eastern Marlborough coast. A good population at this site.
Date Added
February 24, 2023
04:06 PM NZDT
Date Added
February 12, 2023
10:43 PM UTC
Date Added
March 19, 2022
06:18 PM CDT
Description
Popeyes Chicken nugget, a chicken bone, and a remnant of some sort of reptile, loggerhead shrike cache on a razor wire. The shrike (pictured a couple of weeks ago) has been using this spot for several weeks to perch and forage.
Date Added
February 7, 2023
01:12 PM NZDT
Date Added
January 27, 2023
10:01 PM NZDT
Date Added
January 22, 2023
12:07 PM NZDT
Description
Growing under regenerating kahikatea canopy, wet soil. Not one I've seen before.
Date Added
January 17, 2023
07:33 AM NZDT
Description
WIld! bird dispersed into the native broom border in the bot gardens!!!
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December 21, 2022
08:42 PM NZDT
Description
Odd-looking Typha in this retention basin. Very lax leaves. Short, dark inflorescences. The AI likes T. latifolia when I include suggestions not seen nearby. I plan to collect some sometime.
Date Added
February 21, 2022
03:38 AM UTC
Date Added
December 29, 2022
08:01 AM UTC
Date Added
December 23, 2022
10:24 PM NZDT
Date Added
December 14, 2022
02:57 PM NZDT
Description
Roadside in Kingsland forest
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December 12, 2022
05:35 PM NZDT
Date Added
November 20, 2021
07:56 PM NZDT
Description
Pohutakawa purchased from The Plant Company in Napier. Arrived at my door this morning. I have placed them back in their boxes awaiting instructions for treatment or disposal
Date Added
March 17, 2018
10:13 PM NZDT
Date Added
April 25, 2013
06:04 PM NZST
Description
Growing in the grass of a dry north facing hillside above Boulder Bay.
Flowering. Flower colour yellow.
Date Added
November 9, 2020
08:39 PM NZDT
Date Added
November 14, 2022
12:27 PM NZDT
Description
On fence of 96 Donovan St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland.
Date Added
May 15, 2022
09:08 PM NZST
Date Added
April 9, 2022
08:18 PM NZST
Description
18A Revel Ave, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041. At light.
Although this is my first observation for this species, I may have ignored/overlooked it in the past.
Date Added
May 15, 2022
06:59 PM NZST
Description
wild and weedy seedlings spreading from planted adults.
What
Tūī
(Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
November 30, 2022
08:21 AM UTC
Date Added
November 28, 2022
06:39 PM UTC
Description
He killed the other sparrow
Date Added
November 23, 2022
05:41 PM NZDT
Description
@jon_sullivan? Best photos I could get as it was in someone’s front yard. First record in Rolleston?
Date Added
November 23, 2022
02:15 PM NZDT
Date Added
August 1, 2015
08:29 PM NZST
Description
Phoenix Palm in an overgrown property at Waikawa Harbour Southland. Possibly the southernmost palm in NZ. This is further south than Bluff where there are nikaus and Fan palms. Used to be a nikau on Ulva Island, Stewart Island, but I think it has disappeared
Date Added
November 20, 2022
02:57 PM NZDT
Description
On leaf in alluvial forest.
Date Added
November 18, 2022
07:00 PM NZDT
Description
Weedy roadside, a few plants noted.
Date Added
November 18, 2022
06:47 AM NZDT
Description
Small yellow flowers. Has strong smell.
Date Added
November 17, 2022
07:16 PM UTC
Date Added
October 9, 2022
05:29 PM NZDT
Date Added
October 29, 2022
06:11 PM NZDT
Date Added
November 8, 2022
11:09 AM NZDT
Description
Rescued from a cat, unharmed. Flew away happily during the photo shoot.
Date Added
November 7, 2022
05:12 PM NZDT
What
Tūī
(Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)
Date Added
May 29, 2020
10:25 PM NZST
Date Added
November 3, 2022
04:51 PM NZDT
Date Added
December 23, 2021
01:53 AM UTC
Date Added
November 19, 2021
04:43 PM HST
Description
10-12 mm, SLAM trap semi rural garden
Date Added
October 29, 2022
12:32 AM NZDT
Date Added
October 23, 2022
10:41 AM NZDT
Date Added
May 8, 2022
12:12 PM NZST
What
Kiwifruit
(Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa)
Date Added
July 16, 2022
01:49 PM NZST
Date Added
October 25, 2022
08:32 PM NZDT
Description
I have submitted the sighting to the banding office.
Date Added
October 24, 2022
08:25 PM NZDT