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Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)Observer
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Scrambling plant on bush margin next to mahoe.
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Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)Observer
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Fungi on tree stump, near coast
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Roseleaf Sage (Salvia involucrata)Observer
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Perennial in Botanic Gardens. 1.6m tall. Leaf edge serrated, leaf pairs on purplish stems carrying inflorescence. Sage like flower but leaf less similar.
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Something...Observer
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Verbascum nigram var alba, old perennial in Botanic Gardens?
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Purpletop Vervain (Verbena incompta)Observer
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Garden perennial at ChCh Botanic Gardens beside old roses
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Black-headed Jumping Spider (Trite planiceps)Observer
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Spider, no web.
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Green Potato Bug (Cuspicona simplex)Observer
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Beetle, greenish, spotted, slow moving, antennae with bulbous tips, found on blackcurrant bush. (Photographed on my hand)
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Narrow-leaved Lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia)Observer
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On walkway.
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Genus EchinopeplusObserver
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Insect, on house exterior. Length 1cm. Head similar to weevil? Rear colour grey and rough textured, head darker. Too grey to be clover root weevil?
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Bees and Apoid Wasps (Superfamily Apoidea)Observer
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Noted pollen on rear legs. Near black body colour. Half cm long. Are the clay nests on our exterior woodwork associated?
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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)Observer
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Repeat web building on house corner
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Mahoe Leafspot (Cephaleuros lagerheimii)Observer
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Leaf damage on Mahoe (whitey wood) in small suburban SNA. Fungal or insect?
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Winter Copper (Lycaena 'canterbury common copper')Observer
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Coastal walkway. Copper butterfly near meuhlenbeckia.
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Ngaio (Myoporum laetum)Observer
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Coatal walkway, one of two K
Nagio. Speading habit bush rather than a tree.
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False Bindweeds (Genus Calystegia)Observer
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Coastal pathway.
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Poroporo (Solanum laciniatum)Observer
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Coastal walkway.
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Slater Spider (Dysdera crocata)Observer
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Under timber on rough grassland. Costal area.
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Ultramarine Retro Bobejaantjie (Babiana angustifolia)Observer
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At Botanic Garden
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Ophion peregrinusObserver
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Ichneumon ? Not very active in cold air. Jar lid for scale.
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Orange Ichneumonid Wasp (Netelia ephippiata)Observer
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Ichnumen fly ? (came into house)
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European Marram Grass (Calamagrostis arenaria)Observer
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On shingle, coastal. blue-green stem. Seed head longer than man's hand.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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On shingle bank, coastal
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Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum)Observer
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On finer shingle, coastal
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Narrow Leaved Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)Observer
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On finer shingle, coastal
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Scarlet Pimpernel (Lysimachia arvensis)Observer
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On finer shingle. Coastal
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Spear-leaved Orache (Atriplex prostrata)Observer
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On shingle bank, coastal
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Mallows (Genus Malva)Observer
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On shingle bank, coastal
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Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
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On shingle bank, coast
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Shore Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)Observer
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On shingle bank Waitarako
