shaun-lee's Favorites
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Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiaeObserver
jacqui-nzDescription
Ruru calling from a mamaku. Short video in the video link field.
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Reef Sea Star Stichaster australisObserver
dave_hollandDescription
spring tide today so a good time to go looking;)
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Pycnogonids Class PycnogonidaObserver
tangatawhenuaDescription
Initially thought this was a plant of some kind, until it moved. Out on the open coast, very exposed, but under a ledge mid intertidal.
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New Zealand Hermit Crab Pagurus novizealandiaeObserver
kelvinperrieDescription
The one in the cat's eye snail shell banged itself against the other one until the second crab left it's shell. Then first crab tried the other shell out for size before going back to it's original shell
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Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinusObserver
jacqui-nz
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Camouflage Crabs Genus NotomithraxObserver
kelvinperrieDescription
smallest one of these I've seen
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New Zealand Green-lipped Mussel Perna canaliculusObserver
pjd1Description
Green-lipped mussel spat on the branches of washed up Landsburgia quercifolia and Melanthalia abscissa, lying in bales of seaweed* exposed along sandy beach at low tide mark.
*Dominated by Carpophyllum maschalocarpum, Landsburgia quercifolia, Vidalia colensoi and Ecklonia radiata.
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Pukeko Porphyrio melanotus ssp. melanotusObserver
obscurusDescription
Killing a duckling. Took off and carried it away as I approached
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Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinusObserver
jacqui-nzDescription
It's business time!
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Insect-Parasitising Nematodes Family MermithidaeObserver
jtweedDescription
~32 cm long parasitic worm that emerged from a Mecodema sculptuartum. The beetle was found wandering around during the day and then overnight the worm emerged from it. The beetle was still alive and active despite the damage to it's abdomen (visible in the 2nd and 3rd photos).
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erincpowDescription
F. pureora for North island locality, U-shaped orange-cream mark on carapace, orange median dorsal stripe, denticulation of prosoma restricted to a cluster at the anterior of ocularium (eyes).
Extreme size and shape variation found within this species (and many other neopilionids) in adult males (confirmed by inspecting genital operculum). Tooth pattern of chelicera segment III remains consistent.
