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Tribe MiriniObserver
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Maybe a lygus bug? On quinoa. Flighty and very active. Auckland NZ
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Earshell Slug (Testacella haliotidea)Observer
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Slug found while gardening. I think this was quite deeply buried under soil. Found bunched up into a very tight oval. Very slow moving. Has some odd hard shaped thing at its rear. Very pale underside. Never seen one like this before. Would love any suggestions. Don't have a mollusc ID book!
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Something...Observer
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Missing DatePlace
Missing Location
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Genus RhopalimorphaObserver
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Missing DatePlace
Missing Location
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Tataka (Melicope ternata)Observer
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Stancich reserve. Smells good
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Dibaeis arcuataObserver
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Paremoremo reserve by bracken, tanglefern grove. Side of path.
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Speedwells and Hebes (Genus Veronica)Observer
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Hebe, unknown species. Need to ID
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Armillaria limoneaObserver
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Growing in a crack of an old puriri
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Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi)Observer
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Taraire seeds. For a bit of fun - Images of a) purple ripe fruit of intact Pericarp, b) a digested (or degenerating?) pericarp and newly exposed mucilaginous layer and stone (endocarp and seed).
My question to anyone interested: Are the seeds (brown, smooth as in picture) in a pre-mucilaginous break down stage where the Pericarp has simply been desiccated or has it been removed by Kereru? I have sacrificed one of these precious seeds to check what layers are present - and it looks like it is intact but desiccated. see final photo.
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Family OmphalotaceaeObserver
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Dead standing trunk of puriri or kohekohe
