male, 5 mm
flagellar formula: 2 + 8 + 3/4
caught by James Tweed, alt. 300 m
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/73903356
collecting wool from a wooly hedgenettle leaf!!!! you can see it carrying the wool in the second pic.
Found dead in corner of garage under a box.
Ashamed to admit I spent quite a while on the floor looking for his (apparently not-so) disembodied head.
Not sure how long it's been dead — the various body parts remained remarkably flexible, apart from the head which seemed to have suffered some physical damage and was glued down with haemolymph.
This is the greatest concentration of insects I've ever seen. Springtails in the Invercargill Estuary. Could be ten million or more in this patch and other patches along the beach. Really weird.
Approx 1 mm in size - part of Ecklonia radiata kelp holdfast community
I thought I was photographing a mutant winged weta getting changed – but it was just an ozzie
Several birds nesting in shallow caves on the shore
NZ falcon takes down a pigeon and has a nice lunch. Belmont Domain, Lower Hutt.
Presumably a female, with large ovipositor
One of the largest tree wetas I've seen - a long way up, but estimated body length 75 mm. Male.
A pair with two beautiful chicks.
Prey of a Morepork
On predator-proof fence
Sighted over 1 week, chasing hawk and resting in only trees for miles above camsite.
Two large quite 'fluffy' weevils showing sexual dimorphism.
Found in beech forest just below alpine zone.
Posted some photos of one of these 6/7 weeks ago and another turned up this morning hunting flies on the kitchen ceiling. Its clearly the same as the last one just smaller about 3mm against 5mm. Don't think that its Trite planiceps but not sure its Trite mustilina either so might be an un-described jumper! I might call this one black stocking thighs.
Toropuku "Coromandel" - Coromandel Striped gecko
Observed sizing up a caterpillar.
Spider fight
Mollusc on Powelliphanta hochstetteri shell
two different specimens near each other, both feeding on earthworms
This was on our back-door step when I went out to collect some feijoas.
Leopard Seal pup on Kohimara beach. Doc are keeping an eye on it, but it seems to be fine... just chilling
Male spider, came into our house.
Lovely orange palps.
I was really impressive when two mantis hunted fly at the exactly same time and they shared the food without fighting.