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Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)Observer
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An absolute beauty. Huge female. Never seen this colour morph before.
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Devil's Coachhorse (Creophilus oculatus)Observer
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Sorry terrible photos. About a dozen large beetle earwig cross insects crawled out from under a dead possum.
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New Zealand Grasshopper (Phaulacridium marginale)Observer
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Large grasshopper. About 3cm
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Sand Porina (Wiseana signata)Observer
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Incredible pink moth
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Observer
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Creeping herb in some damp ground in rough pasture
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Climbing Fern (Arthropteris tenella)Observer
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Climbing vigorously up a māhoe
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Miki (Coprosma propinqua)Observer
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Unsure why its fruits are black
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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)Observer
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Probably planted
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Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium)Observer
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Furry leaves. Pale green growth.
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European Black Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)Observer
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Mature tree. Over 6m tall.
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Hybrid Australian Ngaio (Myoporum aff insulare × laetum)Observer
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Something unusual about this ngaio. Short, wide leaves. Dense shrubby habit.
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Carové's Giant Dragonfly (Uropetala carovei)Observer
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Beautiful big dragon. Roughly 12-15cm.
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African Boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)Observer
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Big mature plant
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Observer
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Large native slug hiding in a timms trap. Roughly 5cm in length
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Black-tipped Orange Ichneumon Wasp (Ctenochares bicolorus)Observer
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Brown Evening Moth (Gellonia dejectaria)Observer
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Large moth. On a pūriri leaf, for scale.
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New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)Observer
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Locally abundant
