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Horse and Deer Flies (Family Tabanidae)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
Found on white plastic laundry basket.
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True Slime Molds (Class Myxomycetes)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
Yellow slime mould with small wet lumps, rather like custard.
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Ichneumon lotatoriusObserver
cabbagetreeDescription
About 15 mm long. The upper abdomen was orange like the legs, but the lower half was black.
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Small-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
Small plant in flower. Note the metallic blue thing on or against one of the flowers- a fly of some sort? It's very small.
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House Flies and Allies (Family Muscidae)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
A medium-sized fly, darkish in appearance, and with subtle stripes on its thorax.
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European Tube Wasp (Ancistrocerus gazella)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
A small wasp
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Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)Observer
cabbagetreeDescription
Miners Lettuce, found under pine trees on top of the northern cliff above the Waimakariri Gorge Bridge
