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Genus SericoderusObserver
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Nathan told me they are different kind of beetles. Could someone tell me what are the specific name of them?
I will attach the other one in different page.
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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Mite with orange color and eight legs. It is different from the red-leg Mite.
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Mites and Ticks (Subclass Acari)Observer
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I found so many Mites with eight red legs in the pitfall.
More interesting thing is that any Mites laid eggs in my pitfall.
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Plump Springtails (Order Poduromorpha)Observer
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Family Onychiuridae is the most common springtails in my pitfall.
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Observer
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The pitfall track was set at my backyard for about six days. I found various of Springtails and other invertebrates in the pitfall cup.
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Domestic Cat (Felis catus)Observer
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The black tunnel was placed in my backyard for three days. However I found nothing, probably because of the havey rain. So I put the tunnel in my friend's backyard, then only saw his cat came and tasted the peanut butter :(
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Observer
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That is a real "Five Finger" I think, because I can see five finger clearly.
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Hūpiro (Coprosma foetidissima)Observer
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The leaves are sharp, 1-1.5cm wide and leathery, tough and pliable.
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Observer
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This specie could be "five finger". I saw someone attached same picture about this plant with the name "Mountain Five Finger" but they have only "Three Fingers"...
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Lancewood (Pseudopanax crassifolius)Observer
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Lancewood is native New Zealand tree. The leaves are leathery with a prominent central rib, about 1cm wide with irregular teeth.
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Mountain Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata)Observer
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This plant has broad leaves with dark green color and the new leaves are red.
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New Zealand Black Beech (Nothofagus solandri)Observer
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Native New Zealand beech tree which grows up in low altitudes to the mountains. The tree always attracts many insects because it excretes honeydew.
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New Zealand Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)Observer
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The leaves are broad with yellow side and yellow stem.
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Coprosma (Genus Coprosma)Observer
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This plant has small rounded leaves and dark branch.
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
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This plants seems as totara, but not that high...
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Mountain Beech (Nothofagus cliffortioides)Observer
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This site has only one plant species (>1m) which is called Mountain Beech. It grows up around 20 meters.
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Weeping Mapou (Myrsine divaricata)Observer
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I recorded this plant as "Corokia Cotoneaster" (Korokio), but I looked up someone attached a plant which called "Genus Coprosma" and I checked pictures from google, it more similar with Genus Coprosma. I am confusing now...
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Same as the first stop.
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Mountain Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata)Observer
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Pepper tree also called Pepperwood because it always has a hot taste of their leaves.
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European Holly (Ilex aquifolium)Observer
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Holly is exotic plant. leaves are dark green, alternate glossy with a spiny toothed.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Akiraho has yellow-green, oval-shaped leaves, with white undersides and wavy margins.
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Common Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)Observer
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Douglas-fir is pretty high with dark brown trunk. It is everywhere in the survey site.
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Kea (Nestor notabilis)Observer
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Those pictures were taken in 2013. We had a short tour in Milford Sound. When we stopped for looking around, those birds came and stood on the top of cars. They seem unfriendly.
In general, I described it as a black parrot or a eagle. But I never saw it before. I couldn't remmember if its were sounding.
We didnt know where were they from. Whether they were wild or not.
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
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There were about 50 house sparrows in front of the Riccarton House and beside the Avon River bank. They were very sensitive and timid. People can not get too close.
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South Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. fuliginosa)Observer
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I was really struggled with this bird species. Becasuse it looks like Fantail...:(
I think I saw a Fantail on the same tree, but it fly away before I active my camera.
I think it was not a Fantail becasue the main colors of Fantail are black and white. These birds has the brown back and light chest and the tail was beautiful.
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Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)Observer
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It is easy to distinguish blackbird with other birds. When I saw those blackbirds in the bushes, they just flying around the trees.
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Pacific Black Duck × Mallard (Anas superciliosa × platyrhynchos)Observer
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Riccarton Bush has attracted so many foregin visitors. Those ducks in the Avon River have different features. I saw one of them has green head and one has yellow mouth.
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
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Those Red-billed Gulls were found in Kaikoura last year. I had a short tour in there with my friends. When we sitting on the rocks, those birds were flying around us, so we feed them some crumbs, then more birds came around. To be honest, they were too noisy! :)
