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What

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 19, 2024 03:27 PM NZDT

Description

Fewer than last year visible - maybe 3-4 of each sex total. Still great to see them!

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

August 6, 2023 09:49 AM NZST

Description

Growing on a dead gorse stem at the side of a bike track near McGouns

Plants

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What

Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

March 20, 2023 03:19 PM NZDT

Description

We found this in a sample of pond water from the Dunedin area. Photo taken down microscope at (I think) 40x magnification. It’s green so I assume plant/algae? Or maybe fungal spore? Never seen anything like it!

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What

Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

May 7, 2023 12:01 PM NZST

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

April 23, 2023 11:28 AM NZST

Description

Fungified spider!! James Crofts-Bennet thinks the spider is Cycloctenus. iNat suggested the fungus species, which seems likely. Found on a tree in the redwoods area of Ross Creek.

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What

Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

April 16, 2023 01:02 PM NZST

Description

A HUGE swarm of these, never seen anything like it! Thousands flying and congregating and lots of different colour variations present. Really fantastic to see :)

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What

Shiny Film Liverwort (Hymenophyton flabellatum)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

March 11, 2023 11:47 AM NZDT

Description

Growing in a damp spot beside the track

Photos / Sounds

What

Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 21, 2023 03:06 PM NZDT

Description

Sixteen ducks, 6 males and 10 females! All sitting in the shade and occasionally grazing. These are still listed as 'Rare Vagrants' in NZ bird books, and at the time of posting this, it is only the fifth observation in NZ listed on iNat!

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What

Sapphire Tower (Puya alpestris)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 10, 2023 05:22 PM NZDT

Description

Never seen blue/green flowers before! Amazing

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

October 23, 2022 08:10 AM NZDT

Description

I have no idea what these are! Some sort of gall? Mud dauber wasp nests? Found in a clump of dead sticks in replanted native vegetation beside a grass track.

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

September 12, 2022 05:19 PM NZST

Description

Teeny tiny little moth! On the outside of the window, so tricky to get a decent image. Finger for scale

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What

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

April 9, 2022 10:55 AM NZST

Description

Neat to see a few of these in urban areas!

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What

Rough Strawberry Root Weevil (Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 29, 2022 10:19 PM +13

Description

Large weevil found in the bathroom. Dark reddish-brown elytra, black head.

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What

Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 28, 2022 04:21 PM +13

Description

Family of five - two adults and three youngsters

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 26, 2022 05:12 PM +13

Description

Found on the cycleway between Pohara and Clifton. Nearest vegetation farmland. A second one found in the same spot the next day. Unusual for the area?

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 9, 2022 02:51 PM +13

Description

On a non-native tree in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. Supremely well camouflaged, I only saw it because it moved!

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What

New Zealand Red Admiral (Vanessa gonerilla ssp. gonerilla)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

December 21, 2021 09:55 AM +13

Description

In the hedge beside the medical centre. With bonus hoverfly!

Photos / Sounds

What

Pūriri (Vitex lucens)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

October 13, 2021 04:40 PM +13

Description

Unusual to see a puriri tree in Dunedin, but this one appears to be thriving!

Photos / Sounds

What

Cups (Genus Peziza)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

October 4, 2021 04:53 PM +13

Description

Looks a bit like a birds nest fungus? But I have no idea! Growing against a wall in a highly cultivated garden of shop-bought compost and introduced plants. Found after several days of heavy rain

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

June 10, 2021 09:55 AM NZST

Description

Found in our house, possibly came in with firewood. Not at all sure about ID, but looks a lot like Romphaea sp. to me. Body 3mm long. It tucks its legs up against its body when startled and drops to the ground.

Thanks to James Crofts-Bennett who says this is Romphaea urquharti 😊

Photos / Sounds

What

Barracouta (Thyrsites atun)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

April 20, 2021 09:01 AM NZST

Description

Several of these cruising around the inlet. We often see the tips of their tails break the water as they swim

Photos / Sounds

What

Hula Skirt Siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

March 9, 2021 09:02 AM +13

Description

Single jellyfish washed up at low tide. About 4cm long

Photos / Sounds

What

Coral Lichen (Pulchrocladia retipora)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

February 13, 2021 02:14 PM +13

Description

Beautiful lichen, one of only two or three on a rocky outcrop at the edge of Lake Mahinerangi

Photos / Sounds

What

Karoro (Black-backed Gull) (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

January 25, 2021 11:40 AM +13

Description

Juvenile/nestling still with downy feathers on the roof of the Zoology Department’s Marples building

Photos / Sounds

What

Crimson Jelly (Turritopsis rubra)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

December 27, 2020 08:00 AM +13

Description

Tiny, about 4mm diameter. In a rock pool beside the Murrays Bay - Mairangi Bay coastal track. It was the only one that we could see in the area. Actively swimming around. Very cute!

Photos / Sounds

What

Allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

December 26, 2020 01:32 PM +13

Description

Next to the summit track in open scoria area, not far from the wharf. A couple of these in the same spot. Location approximate.

Photos / Sounds

What

Dwarf Mistletoe (Korthalsella lindsayi)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

December 6, 2020 06:47 PM +13

Description

Quite a few of these along the Portobello peninsula track. Most seemed to be flowering.

Photos / Sounds

What

Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

November 1, 2020 10:34 AM +13

Description

I think these are owl pellets. Found underneath an Olearia bush on the Flagstaff track. Would appreciate other people’s thoughts about this!

Photos / Sounds

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

October 25, 2020 11:53 AM +13

Description

Not sure about ID. Found on rotting log beside track somewhere on the Taieri Gorge track

Photos / Sounds

What

Mikoikoi (Libertia ixioides)

Observer

emma_curtin

Date

October 25, 2020 11:12 AM +13

Description

Somewhere on the first half of the Taieri Gorge track. In native bush. Several of these in a patch but only one flowering

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