wild seedlings of i think chusan palm. various sizes. scattered around under bird roosts as usual but man this Central Otago, it gets real cold here in winter, if here is not safe from palms then nowhere is!!
Leaf litter samples were taken in the Hunua Range at the Winstone Aggregates mining site. Insects captured but needs identifying.
c.50mm long, found on a bit of bark under a log. Moved with vigorous, writhing 'sidewinder' motion when first disturbed.
St Marys Bay, Auckland.
Coastal bark gardens, along Westhaven Drive.