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Giant Scale Insects (Genus Coelostomidia)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
Winged males were interested in this female giant scale insect. This is on the trunk of a lichen and moss covered matagouri tree.
I've uploaded a movie of their antics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/53516412215/
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Craterium minutumObserver
possumsendDescription
Found by Alf Webb on decaying rengarenga. Urns about 1mm high. @webb
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Coastal California Quail (Callipepla californica ssp. brunnescens)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
Very cute (for an introduced species!). Hung around the garden for a few hours peckin about.
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Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis ssp. lateralis)Observer
lloyd_eslerDescription
The three of us enjoying a clear, auntumnal day
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Kererū (New Zealand Pigeon) (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
yarrow36Description
NZ pigeon nest from early 2023.It fledged in early march
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Puawānanga (Clematis paniculata)Observer
iansfindsDescription
Vine growing and flowering.
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Puawānanga (Clematis paniculata)Observer
teruruphotographyPlace
PrivateDescription
Female Puawananga
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Gorse Seed Weevil (Exapion ulicis)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
Gorse seed weevils on gorse flowers.
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Gorse Seed Weevil (Exapion ulicis)Observer
petaimmaca68Description
Many in the Gorse flowers.
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Native Cranberry Moth (Poecilasthena pulchraria)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
Two nights at Rakeahua Hut on the southern circuit, central Stewart Island.
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Ground Wētā (Genus Hemiandrus)Observer
carey-knox-southern-scalesDescription
Ground weta preying upon a porina moth
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Flatworms (Phylum Platyhelminthes)Observer
lizmilneDescription
it takes a lot to gross me out but i found this in my room and frankly… EW
update: house is not infested with creatures, it came in on my jeans (evidence: slime…)
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Chorus Cicada (Amphipsalta zelandica)Observer
cooperjDescription
A couple of House Sparrows used our deck as a dining table for dismantling & eating Cicadas. Maybe an hours worth of feeding resulting in a pile of wings of which this is a small sample. I'm surprised the Sparrows could fly off at the end.
Floral arrangement by me - not the Sparrows
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Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)Observer
floradeanDescription
spores are oval shaped
ID based on
Ridley, G., & Horne, D. (2007). A photographic guide to mushrooms and other fungi of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland.
