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Observer
dougaltDescription
About 12 mm long. On a manuka/kanuka tree. Presumably has just hatched out of the hole? It was too far up the tree to get a good headshot.
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Observer
dougaltDescription
Growing on dead twig of lacebark tree. Largest is about 15 mm across.
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Hybolasius sticticusObserver
dougaltDescription
Body is about 15 mm long. Actively scraping something off the bark of a small Pittosporum tenuifolium tree.
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Smooth Stick Insect Clitarchus hookeriObserver
dougaltDescription
About 100 mm long; on a kanuka tree.
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Chorus Cicada Amphipsalta zelandicaObserver
dougaltDescription
45 mm long. One of several hundred!
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Observer
dougaltDescription
About 20 mm long. Sitting some way up a beech tree, so hard to get good photos.
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Dysbiota peregrinaObserver
dougaltDescription
About 6-7 mm long. Note two individuals are shown - the one in the first photo is slightly larger. Possibly male and female?
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Passionvine Hopper Scolypopa australisObserver
dougaltDescription
On a young kohekohe seedling.
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Steelblue Ladybird Halmus chalybeusObserver
dougaltDescription
6 mm long. On the underside of a kohekohe leaf.
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Prickly Stick Insect Acanthoxyla prasinaObserver
dougaltDescription
About 80 mm long.
