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Very strange little bicoloured isopod, with its tergites half light, half dark. Never seen one like it before!
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Mecinus pascuorumObserver
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Teeny tiny weevil (<3mm) found hitchhiking on my leg after doing some work out in the orchard.
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Bean Weevil (Acanthoscelides obtectus)Observer
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Found boring holes in my self-saved bean seeds! Serves me right for not freezing them before storing them.
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Grain Weevils (Genus Sitophilus)Observer
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Little weevil found in a sack of wheat from Farmlands. I really can't be the first person to have observed one? I imagine they're everywhere stored grain is!
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Pohuehue (Muehlenbeckia australis)Observer
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Climbing vine with black stems and variable leaf morphology.
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Ear Fungus (Auricularia cornea)Observer
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A whole heap of velvety, springy fungi on a downed hardwood log
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Dark Coprosma Carpet (Austrocidaria similata)Observer
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Lovely green moth that flew in the open door at night.
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Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)Observer
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Heaps of nightshade growing in a roadside ditch
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Found inside an ear of corn
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Waxcaps (Genus Hygrocybe)Observer
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Beautiful deep red velvety fungus in remnant native bush. Largest one was <3cm in diameter. I believe it had gills but didn't get a photo of them.
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Eastern White-tail Spider (Lampona murina)Observer
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Large spider found in the washing on the line!
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
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Found this little guy indoors--put it out on the mint. Bright blue dots on the forelegs.
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Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus)Observer
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A serious weed in a community garden--spreading more vigorously than kikuyu. I don't recognise it. It has small tuber-like nodules at the roots and spreads aggressively through underground rhizomes. Has emerged through a quarter metre of cardboard and mulch.
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Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus)Observer
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A shiny-leaved plant that spreads vigorously through rhizomes. It has not flowered in the 2 years I've lived here, but has increased in area by 10x. Any ideas? I will be digging it up and burning it to prevent spread as it's come up through my compost.
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Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)Observer
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A mysterious, leafless plant found in a community garden plot. If associated with another plant, it must have been a common garden weed.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Several large clusters of mushrooms found on a dead cabbage tree (sorry for the dodgy phone photo)
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Common Chrysalis-Snail (Lauria cylindracea)Observer
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Tiny snail on Corokia branch.
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
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Mantis ootheca on Corokia branch.
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Flat-backed Millipedes (Order Polydesmida)Observer
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Small centipede popped out while photographing other insects on Corokia branch.
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Springtails (Subclass Collembola)Observer
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These guys were very small--<3mm long. On Corokia branch.
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Tri-horned Treehopper (Acanthuchus trispinifer)Observer
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Found this little homopteran in my basil!
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Genus TrametesObserver
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Found on a decaying log--is this turkey tail?
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Slender Burnished Brass (Thysanoplusia orichalcea)Observer
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Big moth found while weeding in a glasshouse.
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Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum)Observer
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Tons of early black nightshade berries by the side of the road.
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Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)Observer
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Was pruning a lemon tree and found this fat little guy! The tree was riddled with holes, so no big surprises there.
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Coprinopsis Sect. Lanatulae (Section Lanatulae)Observer
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Mushrooms coming up out of Council bark chip after a good rain
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Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres)Observer
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Reddish mushrooms popping up in Council bark chip landscaping right after a good rain
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Olive-green Coastal Katydid (Austrosalomona falcata)Observer
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Many outside in the bush at night during a rainstorm, but this significantly easier-to-photograph specimen was indoors.