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Genus NeonetusObserver
offtrackecologyDescription
Found in a small group 4-6 tucked into a nikau palm on private property in pukekohe east.
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Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
There were two, out in daylight looking for food amongst the ducks and gulls. Probably living in burrows along the pond bank. Were unafraid of humans as we approached and one ran past us at a distance of 0.5metres.
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Genus PseudofoenusObserver
offtrackecologyDescription
Photo Credit: Hannah Shingler
Flying around clay cliffs that also have native bees. Is it parasitic of their larvae?
Or is it a dragonfly?
Flight behaviour more characteristic of a wasp.
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Beetle Mites (Suborder Oribatida)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
In a Camellia flower on the ground. Now preserved in eupral.
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Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
5 larvae on willow tree. next to stream and road on UNITEC campus. (Adults were found here in March 2017).
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Northern New Zealand Dotterel (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
Observed two on North western side of the Te Awanga river mouth. Bellow high tide line. Conversations with a local suggests that they are new arrivals as of yesterday (9th July 2017) and 3 are in the area.
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Large Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Harmonia conformis)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
At least 7 adults were observed, on a willow tree infested with the giant willow aphid. Some collected by Mel Galbraith. Also observed by Craig Perkins and myself Chelsee Neverman.
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Giant Willow Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
Observed to be infesting a willow tree. With adult Harlequin ladybirds also present.
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Plague Skink (Lampropholis delicata)Observer
offtrackecologyDescription
Two were sited on path down to lake edge and at least 6 were sited by Mel Galbraith 2 metres from waters edge.
Small in size, on dry parts of the track.
Also observed by Craig Perkins and my self, Chelsee Neverman.
