What
Mecodema chiltoniObserver
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Missing DateDescription
Found during tenure review survey. Apologies for low res.
Photos / Sounds
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Pit Weevils (Genus Psepholax)Observer
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Psephalax sp cf. P. sulcatus
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Genus LecanomerusObserver
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Rangatira Island ground beetle. Abundant. Possibly L. fulginosus or L. latimanus
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Genus ThelyphassaObserver
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Probably T. pauperata (See Danilo's Chatham ID)
Photos / Sounds
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Phanodesta shandiObserver
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Bark gnawing beetles. Ex Pitfall traps, forest floor.
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
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Salticidae. Spotted while descending off Mt Harper, Arthur's Pass NP
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South Island Edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps)Observer
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A nice schistose arrangement
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Genus ForsteropsalisObserver
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Harvestman on Tartare Saddle, Westland. 1755m asl
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Kea (Nestor notabilis)Observer
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Two of 13 kea seen (single occasion) in the upper Callery Valley
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Land Planarians (Family Geoplanidae)Observer
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Short sward Chionocloa tussock. Night, drizzling.
Observer
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Amongst Olearia leaf litter. Bucklands Peaks, Paparoa Range - a leaf veined slug's rule.