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Fennel Seed Chalcidoid Wasp (Systole foeniculi)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland 1072, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: On Conium maculatum.
Identification: Systole foeniculi Otten, 1941. Female.
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Vagrant Spiders (Genus Uliodon)Observer
jacoblDescription
These were quite common under rocks, and all rather pinkish.
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Ground Yellowjackets (Genus Vespula)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
Comparison Obs plz leave at genus.
This obs is to prove that I can ID male Vespula wasps from pictures provided that the right characteristics are visible in the pics. I caught these males and predicted from left that the first two were vulgaris the middle one a melanistic germanica and the last two germanica then I photographed the relevant bits and then dissected their sexual organs to confirm species 100%.
Pic 1, from left v1, v2, mg, g1, g2
pic 2 - 5 v1
pic 6,7 v2
pic 8-11 mg
pic 12 - 15 g1
pic 16 -17 g2
pic 18 aedeagus left vulgaris round with hooks, germanica, indented end with no hooks.
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Subfamily HarpalinaeObserver
invertebratistDescription
Hand-picked from a collected soil sample.
Coastal (shore of an island within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae)Observer
butterfly4Description
Pompilid wasp with subdued spider on rockface at 650m Saddle Hill Banks Peninsula on sunny day dragging spider to cavity where egg will be laid in it for wasp larva
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Vagrant Spiders (Genus Uliodon)Observer
bryce_mcquillanDescription
Observed at night on dirt bank
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Artoria hospitaObserver
bryce_mcquillanDescription
Female Artoria hospita - large number of females observed during winter on forest floor
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Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)Observer
guyspyDescription
Some type of longhorn beetle
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Cryptic Orbweavers (Genus Cryptaranea)Observer
dougaltDescription
Unsure whether Socca.
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Giant Huntsman Spiders (Genus Heteropoda)Observer
bts_blaireDescription
I think? Don’t know if they are around here though, legs making me think in the huntsman family
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Meshweavers and Allies (Zoosubsection Marronoid)Observer
joknight_nzDescription
Found under a log.
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Sheetweb Spiders (Genus Cambridgea)Observer
commoncopperDescription
Presumably a juvenile.
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Orbweavers (Family Araneidae)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
Spotted by Clay Heath
@clay124.
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Ischalea spinipesObserver
andrew87302Description
about 30mm long and found on Kiekie
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invertebratistDescription
Coastal (shore of an island within the lagoon). Under a rock.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Long-jawed Orbweavers (Family Tetragnathidae)Observer
joknight_nzDescription
Found in a little cave.
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Meshweavers and Allies (Zoosubsection Marronoid)Observer
jupal04Description
quite small maniho?
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Genus AnoteropsisObserver
petaimmaca68Description
Computer ID. Under wood scraps.
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Vagrant Spiders (Genus Uliodon)Observer
scarlet_jellymanDescription
Found Under a log
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andrew87302Description
larva found on underside of a tree fern. About 15mm long
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Tailed Forest Spider (Arachnura feredayi)Observer
william-harlandDescription
I think?
An old photo from several years ago.
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Genus NothotelusObserver
canterburymuseumDescription
Inverteblitz public programme
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Genus MonetaObserver
canterburymuseumDescription
Inverteblitz public programme
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Woodlouse Spider (Dysdera crocata)Observer
canterburymuseumDescription
Inverteblitz public programme
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Genus ZelandaObserver
canterburymuseumDescription
Inverteblitz public programme
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Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)Observer
canterburymuseumDescription
Inverteblitz public programme
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland 1072, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: At base of Arthropodium cirratum, in a garden bed outside building 733, on level 1.
Identification: Sphaerothorax suffusus (Broun, 1882). Female.
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Acizzia dodonaeaeObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Acizzia dodonaeae (Tuthill, 1952)
On cultivated Dodonaea viscosa in gardens.
First 3 photos show female. Fourth photo shows male terminalia. I'm not entirely convinced that this agrees well with the original description and figures!
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stephen_thorpeDescription
722 New North Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 1025.
Inside ripe syconia on Ficus microcarpa.
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Genus ArpactophilusObserver
linds-nzDescription
7mm long. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100384720
