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Creeping Yellowcress (Rorippa sylvestris)Observer
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Problem weed in brassica crop
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Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis)Observer
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Base of abdomen constricted, wings fully developed, pronotum reaching tegula, venation complete, antennae 12/13 segmented, forewings naturally folded longitudinally, mesopleuron lacking transverse suture.
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Subfamily AsilinaeObserver
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1 pair of wings, tuft of moustache like hair, eyes bulging, vein CuA reaching wing margin, wing without spurious vein
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Kikihi Cicadas (Genus Kikihia)Observer
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Three ocelli, 3 segmented tarsi, tent like wings
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Genus RhopalimorphaObserver
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Tarsi 2 segmented, scutellum surpassing posterior end of clavus, exposed antennae, ovoid shaped
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Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis)Observer
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Tarsi 3 segmented, tent like wings, mid coxae elongated
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Green Vegetable Bug (Nezara viridula)Observer
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Shield shaped, exposed antennae, tarsi 3 segmented, small black pit at each basal angle, length between 12.5-17mm, green
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Flat Bugs (Family Aradidae)Observer
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Flat basal thickened corium and apical membrane over body. Exposed antennae, very dorsoventrally flattened body.
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Lesser Meadow Katydids (Genus Conocephalus)Observer
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Enlarged hind legs, short antennae, brachypterous wings, gently rounded dorsal and frontal surfaces
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Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)Observer
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Alpine grasshopper. Enlarged hind legs, short antennae, brachypterous, posterior margin strongly sinuate
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Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)Observer
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Enlarged hind legs, long antennae, tent like wings, green body.
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Camel Crickets, Cave Crickets, and Cave Wēta (Family Rhaphidophoridae)Observer
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Enlarged hind legs, tarsi 4 segmented, absent wings, small bodied.
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Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)Observer
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Long antennae, enlarged hind legs, wings fully present, 4 yarsi segmentation, large species greater than 25mm
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Ground Wētā (Genus Hemiandrus)Observer
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Genus Zelandosandrus. Large enlarged hind legs, long antennae, absent wings, long ovipostor.
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Red Damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica)Observer
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Eyes widely separated, petiolate wings. Diamond shaped pterostigma, broad yellow line on mesepisternum, longer red body 28mm-41mm
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Blue Damselfly (Austrolestes colensonis)Observer
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Widely separated eyes, fore and hind wings petiolate. Pterostigma much longer than deep, blue markings, body in excess of 45mm
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Genus MegadromusObserver
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Black, lack of seta in mandible scrobe, crossed elytra margins. Large, robust beetle
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Steelblue Ladybird (Halmus chalybeus)Observer
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Metallic blue hard "shell" forewings, 3-3-3 tarsal segmentation
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Genus NeocicindelaObserver
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Hind trochanters with posterior lateral extensions, short hairs on antennae, clothed with white setae, dark green with white markings
