robcruickshank's Identifications

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

New Zealand Red Admiral (Vanessa gonerilla)

Observer

trundlethegreat

Date

January 7, 2022 12:59 PM +13

Place

Colombo Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ (Google, OSM)

Description

Found flapping around loading bay

New Zealand Red Admiral - Photo (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY)
robcruickshank's ID: New Zealand Red Admiral (Vanessa gonerilla)
Added on January 07, 2022
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Broom Gall Mite (Aceria genistae)

Observer

carolwest

Date

October 22, 2021 01:29 PM NZDT

Place

Canterbury 7681, New Zealand (Google, OSM)

Description

On Cytisus scoparius

Broom Gall Mite - Photo (c) jesse_bythell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Broom Gall Mite (Aceria genistae)
Added on October 25, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)

Observer

jennysaito

Date

October 24, 2021 04:24 PM NZDT

Place

Timaru, NZ-CA, NZ (Google, OSM)
Harvestmen - Photo (c) Jen Cross, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)
Added on October 25, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)

Observer

jennysaito

Date

October 24, 2021 04:25 PM NZDT

Place

Timaru, NZ-CA, NZ (Google, OSM)
Harvestmen - Photo (c) Jen Cross, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Harvestmen (Order Opiliones)
Added on October 25, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Family Anystidae

Observer

agoranomos

Date

October 2021

Place

Canterbury, NZ (Google, OSM)

Description

Looks like it has another mite in its mouth?

Anystidae - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY)
robcruickshank's ID: Family Anystidae, a member of Prostigs (Suborder Prostigmata)
Added on October 25, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

What

Galium Gall Mite (Cecidophyes rouhollahi)

Observer

meurkc

Date

October 24, 2021 02:35 PM NZDT

Place

Richmond, Christchurch, New Zealand (Google, OSM)

Description

on Galium aparine

Galium Gall Mite - Photo (c) Tig, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Galium Gall Mite (Cecidophyes rouhollahi)
Added on October 25, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Willow Gall Sawfly (Euura proxima)

Observer

jon_sullivan

Date

November 27, 2015 02:01 PM NZDT

Place

Linwood College, Linwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Willow Gall Sawfly - Photo (c) Mick Talbot, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
robcruickshank's ID: Willow Gall Sawfly (Euura proxima)
Added on June 30, 2021
Supporting
Added as part of a taxon swap

Photos / Sounds

What

Subfamily Parmelioideae

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 09:48 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving
Fungi

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 09:52 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

What

Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:01 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Pore Lichens (Genus Pertusaria)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:02 AM UTC

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Pore Lichens (Genus Pertusaria)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:02 AM UTC

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:03 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Mosses - Photo (c) Jason Michael Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
robcruickshank's ID: Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)
Added on May 09, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Pore Lichens (Genus Pertusaria)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:03 AM UTC

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:22 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Beard Lichens - Photo (c) Teodoro Chivatá Bedoya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:28 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Mosses - Photo (c) Jason Michael Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
robcruickshank's ID: Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)
Added on May 09, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)

Observer

anistasya

Date

May 8, 2021 10:28 AM NZST

Place

Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Fungi Including Lichens - Photo (c) pbertner, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)

Observer

alexgonzo

Date

May 7, 2021 11:50 PM PDT

Place

Sycamore Park, Simi Valley, CA, US (Google, OSM)
Beetles - Photo (c) Scott Camazine, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Beetles (Order Coleoptera)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Pergamasus

Observer

peterhillman

Date

May 7, 2021 02:02 PM BST

Place

South Staffordshire District, UK (Google, OSM)
Pergamasus - Photo (c) J. Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Genus Pergamasus, a member of Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Family Penthaleidae

Observer

lukem02

Date

May 2021

Place

Ireland (Google, OSM)
Penthaleidae - Photo (c) mrmacro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Family Penthaleidae, a member of Prostigs (Suborder Prostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

What

White Basket Fungus (Ileodictyon cibarium)

Observer

bugman-nz

Date

May 5, 2021

Place

Christchurch including Banks Peninsula, NZ-CA, NZ (Google, OSM)
White Basket Fungus - Photo (c) k_fordyce, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: White Basket Fungus (Ileodictyon cibarium)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)

Observer

cesarcastillo

Date

May 3, 2021 10:29 PM EDT

Place

Madison County, NC, USA (Google, OSM)

Description

On Nicrophorus orbicollis

Mesostigs - Photo no rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)

Observer

pierrecorbrion

Date

May 7, 2021 04:16 PM CEST

Place

Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Google, OSM)

Description

Phorésie.

Mesostigs - Photo no rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Berzercon ferdinandi

Observer

simonnicholas

Date

October 6, 2017 02:22 PM NZDT

Place

Egmont National Park, New Zealand (Google, OSM)

Description

on abdomen of plocamostethus planiusculus

Berzercon ferdinandi - Photo (c) Tanya Dann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Berzercon ferdinandi, a member of Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Berzercon ferdinandi

Observer

sunita

Date

February 15, 2017 02:21 PM NZDT

Place

Reikorangi 5391, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
Berzercon ferdinandi - Photo (c) Tanya Dann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Berzercon ferdinandi, a member of Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

What

Berzercon ferdinandi

Observer

bugman-nz

Date

June 12, 2015 10:00 AM NZST

Place

Fiordland, NZ-SO-SL, NZ-SO, NZ (Google, OSM)

Description

numerous, large phoretic mites on Megadromus bullatus adult beetle, caught in a "bottle trap" just off the Kepler Track.
The traps are monitored by pre-school kids from Te Anau under the Kids Restore the Kepler programme;
Tarn Willans accomampanies them on their ento-hunts and she took the picture
Rob Cruickshank commented it may be Micromegistus gourlayi....

Berzercon ferdinandi - Photo (c) Tanya Dann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Berzercon ferdinandi, a member of Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

5 photos

What

Berzercon ferdinandi

Observer

schneehagen

Date

January 15, 2021 10:10 PM NZDT

Place

Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, Neuseeland (Google, OSM)
Berzercon ferdinandi - Photo (c) Tanya Dann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
robcruickshank's ID: Berzercon ferdinandi, a member of Mesostigs (Order Mesostigmata)
Added on May 09, 2021
Supporting

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

Observer

meurkc

Date

May 3, 2021

Place

Barbadoes Street, christchurch (Google, OSM)

Description

Cemetery

Jumping Spiders - Photo (c) Philip Herbst, all rights reserved
robcruickshank's ID: Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Scheloribates

Observer

jon_sullivan

Date

May 3, 2021 06:43 PM NZST

Place

Christchurch including Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand (Google, OSM)

Description

One of very few inverts caught in a pitfall trap set in our back garden from Friday morning to Monday evening. Body length 0.9 mm.

robcruickshank's ID: Genus Scheloribates, a member of Mites (Superorder Acariformes)
Added on May 09, 2021
Leading

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

White-footed House Ant (Technomyrmex jocosus)

Observer

meurkc

Date

May 3, 2021 11:11 AM NZST

Place

Christchurch Central City, Christchurch, New Zealand (Google, OSM)

Description

Cemetery

White-footed House Ant - Photo (c) d_kluza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
robcruickshank's ID: White-footed House Ant (Technomyrmex jocosus)
Added on May 09, 2021
Improving

Stats

  • 219
Member of the iNaturalist Network, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society.