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Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii ssp. lesueurii)Observer
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Lizard at Lennox head, bit stand offish.
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Regal Elkhorn (Platycerium superbum)Observer
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Heaps of these around here!
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Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes)Observer
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Terrible photo as I couldn’t focus on the spider. Seen sitting in middle of large web in Byron bay.
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Stick Insects (Order Phasmida)Observer
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Large stick insect climbing up the side of our house!
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Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti)Observer
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Found on the pavement in Wellington. Some sort of caterpillar?
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White Punk (Laetiporus portentosus)Observer
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Stumbled across this large, spongy, wet thing in the Ruahine ranges.
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Shield Lichens, Rim Lichens, and Allies (Order Lecanorales)Observer
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Found growing above and below the tree line in the Ruahine ranges
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Leopard Slug (Limax maximus)Observer
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Found this, dead on our garden path!
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Green Vegetable Bug (Nezara viridula)Observer
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This fellow crawled out of my silverbeet!
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Climbing Rātā (Metrosideros perforata)Observer
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Lush vine covering a bank near the water in kenepuru sound.
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Puffballs (Family Lycoperdaceae)Observer
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Found on my way to work growing by the pavement in Wellington, slimy and spongy feeling.
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These guys are growing out of our bay leaf plant from Bunnings. Working on a spore print.
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Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones)Observer
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Found on our windowsill, no idea where it came from
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Flowerpot Parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii)Observer
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This is growing out of the soil in our monstera plant in our living room in mt Victoria
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Giant Speargrass (Aciphylla colensoi)Observer
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Lots of these flowering above the tree line in the tararuas, this one right next to kime hut.
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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)Observer
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Heaps of these at parawai lodge in the tararuas.
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Three Kings Trumpet Vine (Tecomanthe speciosa)Observer
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Planted in front garden in Wellington