What
Scarabs (Family Scarabaeidae)Observer
xploreDate
Missing DateDescription
live adult on open sand
What
Variegated Longhorn (Coptomma variegatum)Observer
xploreDate
Missing DateDescription
on wood on open sand
What
Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
xploreDescription
ground cover in back dunes planted/grassed area.
What
Sombrero Spider (Stiphidion facetum)Observer
xploreDescription
ground web under wood in back dunes
Photos / Sounds
What
False Katipo (Steatoda capensis)Observer
xploreDescription
back dunes with mass of webs.
Photos / Sounds
What
Round-backed Millipedes (Superorder Juliformia)Observer
xploreDescription
back dunes under wood
What
Land Planarians (Family Geoplanidae)Observer
xploreDescription
defined line along back. Under drift wood in planted area. white around base
What
Square-ended Crab Spiders (Genus Sidymella)Observer
xploreDescription
near similar one with same colouring but different body shape
What
Trapezoid Crab Spider (Sidymella trapezia)Observer
xploreDescription
under driftwood on back dunes in planted area
What
Coprinopsis Sect. Lanatulae (Section Lanatulae)Observer
xploreDescription
grassed area near back dunes
What
Kōwhangatara (Spinifex sericeus)Observer
xploreDescription
front and mid dunes. flat, fanned Male flower head.
What
Chilean Ice Plant (Carpobrotus chilensis)Observer
xploreDescription
common mid and rear dunes
What
Brightfig Subfamily (Subfamily Ruschioideae)Observer
xploreDescription
large areas on mid and back dunes
What
Harakeke (Phormium tenax)Observer
xploreDescription
planted in mid and back dunes in sheltered areas
What
New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis)Observer
xploreDescription
planted on back dunes
What
Pseudoscorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones)Observer
xploreDescription
tiny with large front legs/pinchers and found in planted area.