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Cassida compunctaObserver
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Small beetle spotted on sweet potato plant leaves. Antennae had dark ends
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Western European Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos ssp. clarkei)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Spotted in a large tree in the gardens
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New Zealand Scaup (Aythya novaeseelandiae)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - A pair of dark ducks, one with yellow eyes, the other with white patches on its face, swimming out on the lake
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Smooth Land Slugs (Genus Deroceras)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - A slug or semi-slug looking critter, found sheltering in a hollow on the underside of a piece of pumice, on the shore of Lake Taupo
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Fantail darting around the treeline along the lake shore
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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Small spider couple cms long sheltering on a tree branch
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Genus BobillaObserver
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Could only get a couple photos of this black cricket before it hid away in the grass
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New Zealand Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Glossy blackish bird with white throat plumes, we heard it singing as it climbed among the treetops
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Gulls wading in shallow water at lake edge
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New Zealand Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Mostly black cormorant/shag with white cheeks & throat, yellow beak
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New Zealand Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - All-black cormorants/shags with yellow on beak. Drying their wings out while sitting on rocks near the lake shore
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Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - A few of these large gulls spotted at the beach, some were drinking from a freshwater outlet
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German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Landed on the front of the car in a carpark
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New Zealand Grebe (Poliocephalus rufopectus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Surfaced briefly between dives, sitting low in the water. Light eye, reddish chest, small pointed beak. Smaller/sleeker than the ducks on the pond
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Southern Black-backed Gull (Larus dominicanus ssp. dominicanus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Sitting on a streetlight in a McDonald's carpark
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Common Brush-tailed Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Spotted at a roadside rest stop at night in a hilly forested area
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Red-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp. scopulinus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Gulls hanging out down at the beach
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New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Spotted sitting on a powerline on the side of the road
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Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Brown speckled duck with large bill, wider at tip than base
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Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Swimming on a pond with other species of duck
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Fantail hunting out the back of the local marae
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South Island Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Big group of black & white oystercatchers wading in shallow water. A small number of all black birds also present
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Feral Pigeon (Columba livia var. domestica)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Pigeons with some interesting patterns at a caravan park by the beach
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Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Bug spotted on a flowerbud at a public gardens
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Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Woodlice spotted grazing on a fence post (next to a big leopard slug)
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Giant Willow Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Small bugs flying around hilly farmland where we stopped on the side of the road
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Kanuka Longhorn (Ochrocydus huttoni)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Beetle attracted to lights at night. Sorry for blurry photos, it was very active!
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Gisborne Cockroach (Drymaplaneta semivitta)Observer
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Spotted at night
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Genus AthoracophorusObserver
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Slug found in flax bushes
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Forficula dentataObserver
radicalroachDescription
Sighting and photos (c) radicalroach.
Field Notes - Earwig spotted on a low tree branch
