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Genus StethaspisObserver
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Found dead on dry riverbed in the Orongorongo valley.
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Pūteketeke (Australasian Crested Grebe) (Podiceps cristatus)Observer
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The setup at Hāwea is clearly finding favour. Two nesting pairs and another pair courting
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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Feeding on tiny flowers
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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Much larger copper than the little boulder coppers. This one is drinking from the mānuka flowers.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
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A tiny beetle in some Veronica(?) flowers. Striking colour.
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Orange Hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)Observer
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Occasional here but more common further towards the top of the hill.
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New Zealand Cutworm (Ichneutica mutans)Observer
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On a flax bush. A brilliant white in the dark.
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
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Hopefully it’s a female about to deposit an ootheca and I can get some nicer pictures tomorrow when it’s light.
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Kuku (New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel) (Perna canaliculus)Observer
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Shells left after being smashed by gulls
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Karoro (Black-backed Gull) (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)Observer
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Juvenile
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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Exquisite with the purple spots. Spotted in a bush clearing.
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Smooth Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri)Observer
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The yellow and red highlights on this one are intense.
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Carové's Giant Dragonfly (Uropetala carovei)Observer
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Roadkill. It is around 120mm long from head to tail. Some large springtails were feeding on it. Biggest one I have seen outside of bush country.