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Dryinus koebeleiObserver
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Body length c.4mm.
Caught indoors.
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New Zealand Red Admiral (Vanessa gonerilla)Observer
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Landed on kanuka trunk and rested for several minutes. Then flew away into forest. Overcast, windy day.
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Genus NeonetusObserver
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A pair inside DOC250 trap box, pasture-forest edge. Female on left.
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Giraffe Weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)Observer
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A pair on an unidentified standing dead tree.
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Coastal Tree Daisy (Olearia solandri)Observer
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A few individuals seen. This one with a few flowers.
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New Zealand Grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale)Observer
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On shellback adjacent to saltmarsh.
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Nurseryweb Spider (Dolomedes minor)Observer
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Small juvenile with five legs missing. Was able to quickly move to underside of seedling sow thistle leaf when disturbed.
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Clustered Wallaby-Grass (Rytidosperma racemosum)Observer
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Arrived here a few years back with plants and soil from the Leigh/Pakiri area.
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Three-lined Hover Fly (Helophilus seelandicus)Observer
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Caught indoors.
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Genus LissonotaObserver
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Caught indoors.
Body length 12mm, excluding ovipositor & antennae.
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Pheidole rugosulaObserver
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Many outside and some coming inside, early morning.
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Golden-brown Jumping Spider (Trite auricoma)Observer
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Found inside.
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Rytidosperma gracileObserver
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Arrived at this site accidentally a few years ago, with plants collected from the Leigh/Pakiri area.
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Genus CandolleomycesObserver
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Amongst tree fern debris etc on forest floor.
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Genus SaropogonObserver
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Landed briefly on tree root. Active and hard to photograph.
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Climbing Rātā (Metrosideros perforata)Observer
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Flowering. Climbing a large rimu.
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Genus GelloniaObserver
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Resting briefly on forest floor after being disturbed.
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Kanuka Looper (Poecilasthena schistaria)Observer
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Resting on parataniwha leaf beside stream.
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Kamahi Green Spindle (Tatosoma tipulata)Observer
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Resting on nikau trunk. Photographed with and without flash.
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Observer
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Disturbed by me walking past and landed in a spider (Leucauge dromedaria) web.
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Balta bicolorObserver
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One of three seen on this day at this location. Not seen here before.
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Milky Conecap (Conocybe apala)Observer
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A few on lawn in morning.
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
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Caught inside.
Body length c.5mm.
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Benhamyia apicalisObserver
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Caught inside.
Photographed under x10 hand lens.
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Conecaps (Genus Conocybe)Observer
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On lawn, after warm damp weather. First photo taken shortly after it appeared, early evening 6.1.24. The other photos taken the following day.
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Long-legged Crab Spider (Sidymella longipes)Observer
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Juvenile eating a crane fly.