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Red-winged Lycid (Porrostoma rufipenne)Observer
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Two insects on a log used as a chopping block.
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Flies (Order Diptera)Observer
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larvae found in pit fall trap that was set in the long grass below a tree.
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Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Family Sciaridae)Observer
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Small fly (body 2mm long) caught in pitfall trap set in long grass below a tree.
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Dark-winged Fungus Gnats (Family Sciaridae)Observer
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small fly. caught in pit fall trap set in the long grass below a tree.
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Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)Observer
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18 slaters/woodlice caught in pit fall trap set in the long grass below a tree.
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Slender Springtails (Family Entomobryidae)Observer
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Lots of (20+) springtails caught in pit fall trap that was set for 7 days. The trap was set amongst the long grass below a tree.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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Small spider, approximately 4mm in length, caught in pit fall trap. Small white spots on its thorax.
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Garden Wolf Spider (Anoteropsis hilaris)Observer
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Caught in pit fall trap that was set in the garden (amongst long grass beneath a tree). The trap was set for 7 days.
This spider is relatively large, approximately 7mm in length
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House Mouse (Mus musculus)Observer
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Prints found in tracking tunnel set up in the garden by the house. there were also bite marks in the peanut butter that was put in the tracking tunnel.
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Common Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris)Observer
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Broad leaf herbaceous plant growing on the beech forest floor. had a creeping habit. No flower heads present. Seen at the Arthurs Pass field sample site.
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True Sedges (Genus Carex)Observer
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sedge grass with no seed heds for identification. growing on the forest floor amongst other native species
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Leafcurling Sac Spiders (Genus Clubiona)Observer
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Small brown spider found in foliage at the Kelly's Creek field site.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Caterpiller found feeding on a Seven finger tree in native forest. Kelly's Creek field sample site
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Honey Mushrooms (Genus Armillaria)Observer
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Fungi growing out of a rotting branch on the forest floor near lake Brunner.
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Honey Mushrooms (Genus Armillaria)Observer
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Fungi found near Lake Brunner growing out of a rotting branch on the floor of native forest.
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Rōhutu (Neomyrtus pedunculata)Observer
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Small oval leaved shrub found growing in Lords Bush amongst other native species
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New Zealand Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)Observer
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Broad leaved shrub/juvenile tree found growing in Lords Bush amongst other native species.
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Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)Observer
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Juvenile Pittosporum growing amongst other native species at Lords Bush
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Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)Observer
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Juvenile Kahikatea seen at Lords Bush growing amongst other native species.
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Coprosma (Genus Coprosma)Observer
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Small leaved shrub seen in Lords Bush growing amongst other native plants
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Mountain Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata)Observer
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A few small Pepper trees found growing in Lords Bush amongst other native species.
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Rollrims (Genus Paxillus)Observer
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Fungi growing in the Liffy Domain, Lincoln
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Artist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies (Genus Ganoderma)Observer
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Fungi growing on a rotten stump in the Liffy Domain, Lincoln.
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European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)Observer
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There is an abundant flock of Greenfinch's that reside in our garden and surrounding fields. They often sit in an unhealthy ash tree outside the front of the house. There can be up to 20 birds in it at anyone time. on this occasion I saw 3 females.
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Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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There are a pair of spur-winged plovers that live in the fields around our house. They can often been seen and heard. They especially seem to like foraging on a partly cultivated piece of the paddock.
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Black-shouldered Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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There are a pair of Spur wing Plovers that live in the field surrounding our house. They can often be seen and heard during the day.
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European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)Observer
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There are an abundant group of greenfinches living in our garden and in the surrounding fields. They like to rest on a rather unhealthy Silver birch tree in our garden.
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Tasmanian Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis ssp. lateralis)Observer
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Seen 6.10pm resting and hunting for small insects in a small conifer tree in the garden.
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
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There is a small population of sparrows that reside in our garden and in the surrounding crop fields.
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Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)Observer
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Magpies can be heard in the evenings in the trees of the garden.