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House Spiders (Genus Badumna)Observer
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Spotted under the house, on old concrete wall. Photographed in case it’s something interesting, appears it’s just a house spider!
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Webcaps (Genus Cortinarius)Observer
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Might not be Cortinarius porphyroideus, if there’s other types of purple pouch mushroom? Found in beech forest.
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House Spiders (Genus Badumna)Observer
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Was living inside a paper towel tube!
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Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)Observer
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Spotted this sticky on the window of our cabin, in the morning, luckily had my macro lens with me. It hung out there all day, hardly changed pose.
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Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)Observer
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Spotted in mown grass at Waipuke Park.
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Lion's Mane Jellies (Genus Cyanea)Observer
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On the beach below the high tide line
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Coprosma dumosaObserver
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Found near Purity Hut, Ruahines. Wet conditions. Apologies if common and un-interesting, and for blurry iPhone photos, just a hiker keen to learn more about what I'm walking past!
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Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum vestitum)Observer
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Found near Purity Hut, Ruahines. Wet conditions. Apologies if common and un-interesting, and for blurry iPhone photos, just a hiker keen to learn more about what I'm walking past!
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Common Mountain Daisy (Celmisia spectabilis ssp. spectabilis)Observer
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Found near Purity Hut, Ruahines. Wet conditions. Apologies if common and un-interesting, and for blurry iPhone photos, just a hiker keen to learn more about what I'm walking past!
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Genus NeoramiaObserver
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Found in Purity Hut, Ruahines. Sorry about blurry photo!
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Found inside home, what are these and where might they be coming from?
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Found on camping chair in open garage
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Stone Centipedes (Order Lithobiomorpha)Observer
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Found around stormwater drain next to house. Moist soil.
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Boletes (Family Boletaceae)Observer
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Mushroom found while mowing the lawn
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Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica)Observer
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Wild strawberry
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Gorse (Ulex europaeus)Observer
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On Stony Bay Fisherman's trail. Bloody prickly!
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
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Eggs on rock in stream.