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Something...Observer
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Fossils? My son keen to identify them. Rock is around 10cm across.
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Large Horn Shell (Zeacumantus lutulentus)Observer
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Any thoughts on species? Thousands of them on the mudflats
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Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
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Not good photos (cellphone shots and sillouette looking into sun) but too small to be harrier (about magpie size) and clear distinctive call and rapid wing flapping as it flew away. Was being harassed by a tui. Have spotted one in the area twice before over the last couple of years, once from only 20 meters away.
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Hairless Leptinella (Leptinella dioica)Observer
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Flat ground cover. Could be Leptinella??
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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Don’t know species
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Mainland New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura ssp. melanura)Observer
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Growing in sand towards high tide mark on the beach
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Pentatomomorph Bugs (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)Observer
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Interested in an ID - think it is a bug rather than beetle
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Intruda signataObserver
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My son would like to know what this one is. Found it under some firewood at home
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Shining Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus ssp. lucidus)Observer
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Pair of them downtown Tauranga
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Plague Skink (Lampropholis delicata)Observer
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Unsure what type. Pretty common here
Found another and got a photo of the scales on the top of its head and looks like description of rainbow skink online
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Tropical Armyworm Moth (Spodoptera litura)Observer
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Think this is what it is?
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Green Vegetable Bug (Nezara viridula)Observer
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Immature one on lavender flowers
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Camellia Leaf Gall (Exobasidium camelliae)Observer
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Leaves on my camellia japonica trees infected with Exobasidium fungus showing thick fleshy galls
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Common Bully (Gobiomorphus cotidianus)Observer
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Not sure of type. Could be common bully? but was quite greenish. Around 60mm long. Quite a few of them sitting on bottom of muddy creek feeding a stormwater pond.
