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Two-spotted Lady Beetle (Adalia bipunctata)Observer
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Found on weeping willow at Botanic Gardens carpark entrance. No sign of possible food source for the larva
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Taupata (Coprosma repens)Observer
manuDescription
Found growing in semi-shade on sheltered side of New Brighton sand dune
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Clovers (Genus Trifolium)Observer
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Found mixed with lawn grass in both sheltered spots under shade of trees and exposed berms of properties across from the dunes
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Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)Observer
manuDescription
Found on ice plant
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Found on crest of sand dune
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Coastal Bush Lupine (Lupinus arboreus)Observer
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Found throughout sand dune
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Red-purple Ragwort (Senecio elegans)Observer
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Found on sheltered side and crest of sand dune
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Found on sheltered side of sand dune
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Mustard Family (Family Brassicaceae)Observer
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Found on sheltered side of sand dune
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Found throughout sheltered side of sand dune
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Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)Observer
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Found on edge of landward side of sand dune
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Greater Quaking Grass (Briza maxima)Observer
manuDescription
Found throughout landward side of sand dune
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Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)Observer
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Found on edge of landward side of sand dune
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Sow Thistles (Genus Sonchus)Observer
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Found on edge of landward side of sand dune
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
manuDescription
ID is a wild guess as I'm not familiar with this insect.
It had a very flat body, its head was reddish and appeared to be composed of two segments, and it flew well but lacked elytra (not a beetle)
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Brown Shield Bug (Dictyotus caenosus)Observer
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Found under the chopped-up remnants of a poplar tree. Two pairs breeding
