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Trapezoid Crab Spider (Sidymella trapezia)Observer
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Handy, that two students learn this is the species most likely to prey on katipo. Spreading the word....
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Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)Observer
arnimDescription
This is not just a variable oystercatcher. Don't ask me what it is though. One off.
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
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Goose Barnacles (Genus Lepas)Observer
arnimDescription
I noted a dozen juvenile black-backed gulls around this log, several of them actively feeding on these. I've not previously noticed any shore birds taking advantage of the large quantity of protein these logs sometimes provide. They did not return when I departed.
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Tōrea (South Island Pied Oystercatcher) (Haematopus finschi)Observer
arnimDescription
Some young gulls were feeding on a large log with lots of freshly arrived goose-neck barnacles. When they left due to me, these oystercatchers started wandering over. For a time they stared at the log, but then just walked past.
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Moundlily Yucca (Yucca gloriosa)Observer
arnimDescription
young plant, attempted removal, not completely successfully
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Jointed Rush (Apodasmia similis)Observer
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young plant, can't determine gender
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False Katipo (Steatoda capensis)Observer
arnimDescription
A bunch of spiderlings, nixed as usual.
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Angled Lobelia (Lobelia anceps)Observer
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The Punakuru is all growing straight up, no sign of prostrate plants, as normally found in ephemeral dune wetland settings.
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Katipō (Latrodectus katipo)Observer
arnimDescription
One katipo under a log with a number of Steatoda capensis, the latter producing lots of eggsacs.
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Gorse (Ulex europaeus)Observer
arnimDescription
Sole exemplar in line of sight, so naturally it was removed.
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New Zealand Grassplant (Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae)Observer
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very little present compared to recent visits
