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New Zealand Dobsonfly (Archichauliodes diversus)Observer
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Approx 3.5cm long. In bathroom of Leith walk building.
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Genus HuberiaObserver
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These are two individuals. 10-11mm long body? About 12 of these out today, first time I've seen them. Bad at flying - most running, a few doing short hops. Best flier flew like a drunk helicoptor and crashed into the wall. They seem intent on climbing the white plaster wall, but do not avoid spider webs. Warm but overcast day.
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Balloon Vines and Heartseed (Genus Cardiospermum)Observer
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Vines covering quite large trees
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Queensland Poplar (Homalanthus populifolius)Observer
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Sorry forgot to put something in for scale but leaves quite large.
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Old World Soapberry Bugs (Genus Leptocoris)Observer
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Lots of them, many in pairs. Near the train station in Revesby
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Sombrero Spider (Stiphidion facetum)Observer
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Sorry, it was running
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Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)Observer
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Leaves very different further up the plant from those at the very bottom.
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Genus XylariaObserver
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Never saw this in my garden until today and now there are two tiny growths like this. I think it was black lower down.
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Southern Ant (Chelaner antarcticus)Observer
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Appears to be an ant. About 1cm long. There was only one.
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Mātā (Histiopteris incisa)Observer
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I posted this thinking I dug it out of the garden but now I am having second thoughts and it might have grown in a pot of another plant. So not sure if it came in the soil or self grew from spores in the area.
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Brown Soldier Bug (Cermatulus nasalis)Observer
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Is this bug disposing of my enemy, the cherry slug sawfly?
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Subgenus MegabombusObserver
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its kind of a funny shape compared to our normal bumble bees
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Mudflat Tītiko (Amphibola crenata)Observer
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Kind of flat on top rather than conical or rising
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Tōrea (South Island Pied Oystercatcher) (Haematopus finschi)Observer
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Hard to sneak up on these two birds. Fairly large with long orange beak, black head and back with white singlet-like front.
