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Subfamily DasytinaeObserver
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Small Beetle. Approx 2mm in length. Been Suggested it's a Hydraenidae?
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Typical Cicadas (Family Cicadidae)Observer
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1cm length. Brown. Call was typical of cicadas in Auckland though
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Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)Observer
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About 3mm in length flying around a flowering Ngaio with heaps of Copper Butterflies and other smaller flying insects. Perhaps a pollinator or parasitic wasp?
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Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)Observer
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Half Size of normal bumblebee, overly dark with bright yellow bum
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
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Green and brown Caterpillar on swan plant. Webbed together leaves of growing tip to protect it.
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Family PhasmatidaeObserver
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Possibly a Acanthyoxyla or Clitarchus? Green less than 10cm long with some spines (or tubercules?).
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Blue Moon Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina ssp. nerina)Observer
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Maybe escapee from someone's butterfly house?
Photos / Sounds
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Inside old Mine Shafts
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Pondo Bladderwort (Utricularia sandersonii)Observer
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Small (less than 1cm diameter, height less than 10cm) growing in wet part of track alongside Moss and Sundews - Best part of photo is top left corner.