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Underside of cut Hoheria stump in garden leaf litter, suburban garden.
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Underside of cut Hoheria stump in garden leaf litter, suburban garden.
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Disturbed while resting in wall by urban park garden area.
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Raya Negra de Cola Corta (Bathytoshia brevicaudata)Observ.
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Several moving slowly below surface around wharf area
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Blurry cellphone photo of small running beetle. I’ve identified this species from here before, fairly certain of the ID. Under log in stream bed above lake.
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A make and female underneath a cut willow stump section. Both exhibited thanotosis, playing dead with open jaws before slowly coming to life.
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Zizina oxleyiObserv.
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Settled in for the night in a shopfront window, Wānaka Main Street at 7pm, cold day.
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Gaviota Plateada Australiana (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)Observ.
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Gull gang lined up along footpath waiting for fast food discards from cars.
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One or two resting among pohuehue in a cloudy but mild day. Numbers seem to get lower in late Dec/early Jan, building up again as the summer continues and the next generation arrives.
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Possibly an introduced species- I’d be keen to know the genus or species. I’m thinking Falagria. Found on underside of cut Hoheria stump section in leaf litter in suburban garden. A range of native and introduced beetle species attracted to the stump at first, numbers and diversity diminishing over several weeks.
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Probably an introduced species- I’d be keen to know the genus or species. Found on underside of cut Hoheria stump section in leaf litter in suburban garden. A range of native and introduced beetle species attracted to the stump at first, numbers and diversity diminishing over several weeks.
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Mariquita de Dos Puntos (Adalia bipunctata)Observ.
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In flight in hot sunshine, landed among the roses, probably in search of aphids.
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Asaphodes beataObserv.
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Present in suburban garden, disturbed during day. Not uncommon here.
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Active on external door in suburban garden. I don’t see this species in our garden as often as I see Z. australe.
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Oregus aereusObserv.
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Quite common under embedded rocks in damp soil, shady gullies.
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Under rock on field, adventive scrub/pasture. This 20mm-long species is a South Canterbury endemic found in the Geraldine-Temuka-Timaru areas. Sometimes find in suburban gardens , occasionally on pathways in daylight.
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The large (23-30mm) undescribed species found in the Timaru and Geraldine districts of South Canterbury. It will be named when Peter Johns publishes his revision of the genus. It’s common in this scrubby ex-quarry gully on the outskirts of Timaru. Like other large carabids, they’re pretty bitey customers. Smell bad too.
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Larva about 30mm in length, found under rock in suburban park area, most likely from Mecodema brittoni, a local endemic species from a very large and widespread genus.
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Mariposa Monarca (Danaus plexippus)Observ.
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On wing, warm autumn day, resting in tree in suburban garden
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Ipana egregiaObserv.
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Attracted to light, broadleaf forest. Not the clearest of images.
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Found in podocarp/broadleaf forest. This South Canterbury endemic is found between the Waitaki and Rangitata rivers, with southernmost populations being a bit larger at 20-23mm and having bronze reflections, while more northerly populations being slightly smaller and having more greenish reflections.
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I have examined specimens from here before, it’s a North Otago endemic, about 20mm in length, found in Oamaru area and inland from there. A similar undescribed species occurs to the south, and M. temukensis across the Waitaki River to the north.
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Small weevil alongside a larger Scolopterus weevil. Both beaten from forest edge growth, beech and podocarp forest area.
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Género MimopeusObserv.
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Under stone in dry lakeside scrub, remains of adults present, possibly M. impressifrons?
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Small spiny weevil beaten from first edge growth, beech and podocarp forest. Didn’t see the other smaller weevil until I looked at this photo just mow - possibly a belid?
