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Meterana ochthistisObserver
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Dead by light in Hari Hari
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Helastia cinereariaObserver
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Service Station window in Franz on wet but mild day
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Carové's Giant Dragonfly (Uropetala carovei)Observer
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Twenty year old pinned specimen on Service Station wall in Fox Glacier! Collected closeby
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Huhu (Prionoplus reticularis)Observer
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At light in town on damp mild calm evening
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Greater Alpine Grey (Ichneutica virescens)Observer
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On shop wall by day and vibrating wings when found! Flew off after posing for photo!
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New Zealand Looper (Epyaxa rosearia)Observer
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Two males on building walls on damp day after rainy night! Wonderful Franz Josef
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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Undescribed West Coast Boulder Copper - female on river terrace by airport over Mat Pohuehue
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Eudonia feredayiObserver
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Active by day on river terrace in Raoulia cushonfield
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Lycaena Butterflies (Genus Lycaena)Observer
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West Coast Common Copper Over Mat pohuehue the larval hostplant: very localised in Airport area only
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Barred Coprosma Carpet (Austrocidaria gobiata)Observer
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On wall by light but by day In Ross
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Canterbury Alpine Boulder Copper (Lycaena tama)Observer
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Abundant over a cushion form of Mat Pohuehue on gravel shore of Lake Lyndon 840m on sunny warm day
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Cnephasia ochnosemaObserver
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Type Locality is Jacks Pass above Hanmer: abundant males here in Red Tussock Wetland just west if Porters Pass at 850m flying in sunshine; female short winged and flightless
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Yellow Admiral (Vanessa itea)Observer
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Many at 420m on roadside yarrow flowers on slopes of Mt Herbert
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New Zealand Blue (Zizina oxleyi)Observer
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Several on yarrow flowers at Hurunui Mouth
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New Zealand Mantis (Orthodera novaezealandiae)Observer
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On yarrow feasting on insects on sunny day
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Canterbury Alpine Boulder Copper (Lycaena tama)Observer
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probably this described Boulder Copper from Awatere Valley - Molesworth, Marlborough by Mat pohuehue on river terrace on sunny day at 750m
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New Zealand Blue (Zizina oxleyi)Observer
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Active in open grasslands where exotic clovers are larval hostplant; here town road verges
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Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris rapae)Observer
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Dead on main road through Amberley
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Cnephasia paternaObserver
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Endemic to Banks Peninsula; diurnal Autumn emergence: locally abundant males and probably short-winged flightless females: Summit snow Tussock grassland of low alpine Banks Peninsula 750-800m
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Asaphodes abrogataObserver
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Common and active in open grasslands adjacent to Lake Forsyth and Birdlings Flat on Kaitorete Spit on sunny day
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Winter Copper (Lycaena 'canterbury common copper')Observer
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Several near Birdlings Flat over Scrambling pohuehue and taking nectar from adjacent yarrow flowers on sunny calm morning
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Greylined Featherfoot (Stathmopoda plumbiflua)Observer
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On shop window by day