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Sprangspannen (Family Salticidae)Observer
brendandooganDescription
Small spider living on an estuarine shell bank in Auckland Harbour.
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Genus ChelanerObserver
invertebratistPlace
Otaki Beach to Waikawa Beach, Kapiti Coast, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Coastal, backdune, at night.
Feeding
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Caladenia atradeniaObserver
invertebratistDescription
Great Southern Bioblitz 2024
Flowering
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Pygmy Sundews (Section Bryastrum)Observer
marshyDescription
Minute Drosera found growing with Drosera capensis and another as yet unidentified micro-Drosera (see other observation from today).
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c_j_wDescription
Pupae - in leaves of Narrow Leaved Plantain (Plantago lanceolata).
Associated with this observation:
Adult: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/237417603
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New Zealand Lesser Short-tailed Bat (Mystacina tuberculata)Observer
chriseDescription
I understand that this was the first confirmed sighting of a short-tailed bat at this site and it was one of the first photographs confirming that this bat species visited and pollinated Dactylanthus flowers. See Ecroyd, C.E. 1996. The ecology of Dactylanthus taylorii and threats to its survival. N. Z. J. of Ecology, 20(1):81-100. (Available online).
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Long-tailed Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus)Observer
chriscDescription
Observed directly under roosting tree.
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Synchytrium australeObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
19 Lowery Ave, Mount Roskill, Auckland 1041. On Modiola caroliniana.
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invertebratistDescription
Coastal (shore of an island within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Ectopsocus axillarisObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, Auckland 1072, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Podocarpus totara. Beating.
Identification: Ectopsocus axillaris (Smithers, 1969). ID based on original reference. Macropterous female.
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invertebratistDescription
Coastal native podocarp-broadleaved bush, under rotten log.
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Tribe CaenoplaniniObserver
invertebratistDescription
Under a rotten log by the road.
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
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Octopuses and Vampire Squids (Superorder Octopodiformes)Observer
zouyifanDescription
Ate by a Placiphorella stimpsoni
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Hakka himeshimensisObserver
invertebratistPlace
PrivateDescription
Great Southern Bioblitz 2024
Mid intertidal, found among oysters on the concrete next to the boat ramp.
Originally spotted by Samuel Amaris.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Manukau Harbour coastline/seashore below Taunton Terrace Reserve, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. Subcortical on a rotting pine trunk. Several individuals observed.
Although this is my first observation for this species, I have ignored it until now.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Manukau Harbour coastline/seashore below Taunton Terrace Reserve, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. Subcortical on a rotting pine trunk. Common.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Manukau Harbour seashore at Blockhouse Bay/Green Bay, Auckland. Subcortical on a dead pine tree, overhanging the seashore.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Manukau Harbour seashore at Sandy Bay-Flounder Bay, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Under bark of a pine tree, fallen on to the seashore.
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Hoplocneme hookeriObserver
invertebratistDescription
Beaten from roadside vegetation.
Great Southern Bioblitz 2024
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pjd1Description
Common leaf spot on pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) - I assume it is this taxon. Specimen collected.
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Cabbage Centre Grub (Hellula hydralis)Observer
c_j_wDescription
Found in the house during the day.
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invertebratistDescription
Coastal. Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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kdsouzaDescription
At different life stages on Pison spinolae larva. ID by Darren Ward
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invertebratistDescription
Intertidal, under a rock.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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michaelvoeltzDescription
Perhaps 2mm, observed crawling along pot surface within Conservancy of Flowers.
Tried to see if there were "teeth" in the aperture but couldn't seem to manage it..
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Bushy Needlebush (Hakea sericea)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Regenerating plants at the December 2014 fire site.
Hakea is a scourge around Cornwallis and parts of the Huia coastline.
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Genus PolyipnusObserver
glinksDescription
Maybe a Polyipnus? Quite decomposed. Juvenile.
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leah_sunDescription
Very tiny that we only saw it from the camera when we were taking photos of a fungi. And then 80% of the time our camera lost it. ~1mm I think?
I do not know anything about it. Very little information online. Thanks to computer vision this is my best guess
the fungi on the last photo:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223904394
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invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. Under a decomposing wood.
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invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
On a carabid.
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invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. On the underside of a fallen Nikau frond.
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Genus IxodesObserver
invertebratistPlace
Shag Rock, south of Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
On ''Shag Rock''.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
Multiple parasitic mites are visible on the neck of both of the Chatham Island Shag pair.
Observation for the host (Chatham Island Shag): https://inaturalist.org/observations/239617894
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lekDescription
Little white specks that were moving, on an object inside the house. These were the big ones, but I think still less than 1 mm. Could they be dust mites?
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600.
Rust on Isolepis distigmatosa.
Associated with a seepage, just behind Sandy Bay.
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Kahikatea Mealybug (Paraferrisia podocarpi)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Puriri Drive, Campbell Park, Greenlane, Auckland. Ovisacs on rimu.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Atkinson Park, Zigzag Track. On Astelia hastata. An ant is in attendance (probably Prolasius advena).
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
leah_sunDescription
It is really really tiny, found on a small decaying wood bark. I really like the photo but unfortunately unable to ID.
Any help with the ID will be appreciated.
Please see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214155166 for another one that I found on the same wood bark
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Coastal.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Pond and Melantho Snails (Family Lymnaeidae)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Exhibition Drive, Titirangi, Auckland.
Trackside vertical rock face, at a seepage.
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invertebratistDescription
21.13×16.67 mm. 2019-0320D-8
Intertidal, found on rock. Live taken.
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Paralissotes planusObserver
invertebratistPlace
Exhibition Drive Path, Waitakere Ranges, Titirangi, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, under a decomposing log.
Larva.
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Genus PlacidaObserver
invertebratistPlace
Phoenix Reef, Tāwharanui Marine Reserve, Tāwharanui Peninsula, Rodney, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
iNatting with @emma_brockes.
Both length 4 mm when extended.
Low intertidal. Found by sieving through red algae and brown algae (Image #5 #6) growing on a wall of a shallow crevice on the reef.
Placida?
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invertebratistDescription
Coastal (shore of an island within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Coprosma ×kirkiiObserver
invertebratistDescription
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Weeds.
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Honey Mushrooms (Genus Armillaria)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Motuweta ripariaObserver
danilo_heggDescription
Sub-adult female hiding under water. She jumped into the stream after being disturbed by light. Holding on to sticks at bottom of stream to avoid floating back to surface.
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Golden-brown Jumping Spider (Trite auricoma)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1. Need to double check the location
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Chatham Shag (Leucocarbo onslowi)Observer
invertebratistPlace
Shag Rock, south of Motuhinahina Island, Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Islands, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Coastal (shore of a rock within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
Observation for the parasitic mites (Ixodidae?):
https://inaturalist.org/observations/239617895
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invertebratistPlace
Bealey Valley Track, Arthur's Pass National Park, Selwyn, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Alpine.
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
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Odiaglyptus biformisObserver
invertebratistPlace
PrivateDescription
Within a farmland.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Stalked Adder's-Tongue (Ophioglossum petiolatum)Observer
pjd1Description
Locally common on seasonally flooded ground on lake margin. Growing in peaty sand with Apodasmia similis, Ophioglossum coriaceum and various mosses and liverworts.
A problematic population. Some plants corresponding to Ophioglossum coriaceum and others intermediate between that species and O. petiolatum. I am (for now) placing the larger plants into O. petiolatum (I have seen similar plants accepted as this from Raoul Island, and Te Paki by New Zealand Pteridologists). I suspect, that for many populations ascribed to O. petiolatum in reality we are dealing with hybrid swarms between something like O. petiolatum and O. coriaceum - we have some evidence to support this from cytological studies which found that of 8 New Zealand populations attributed to O. petiolatum, only one was functional, all the others produced sterile spores. Notably most grew close to O. coriaceum - as at this site.
Placement in O. petiolatum (for now) for most of the plants seen here is based on the size of the fertile spike which ranged between 14 and 20 sporangia pairs. However, the sterile blade is more typical of O. coriaceum. See also https://inaturalist.nz/observations/199256092 for an observation of the same population made on 14 February 2024.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange CH4548, UNITEC 14417
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Family GeophilidaeObserver
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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Chatham Island Ice Plant (Disphyma papillatum)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Coastal (shore of an island within the lagoon).
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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christopherstephensDescription
I expect this is the very same tree in @stephen_thorpe 's observation: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/68934903
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invertebratistDescription
Found in shell sand at home.
First one for me, juvenile.
I think this is a D. squmifera, but not 100% sure,
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Maorina lamellataObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Manawa Wetland Reserve. On foliage.
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Barbula calycinaObserver
caiden_bDescription
iNAtting with @glebglub and @invertebratist.
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Dieffenbach's Koromiko (Veronica dieffenbachii)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Coastal. Flowering.
Observed during a unitec trip, with @ pjd1.
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Genus TekellinaObserver
invertebratistDescription
Beaten from flowering Titoki (Alectryon excelsus).
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Compact Flat-backed Millipede (Brachydesmus superus)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Under a piece of wood resting on garden soil. Male
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Chatham Island Akeake (Olearia traversiorum)Observer
pjd1Description
Just starting to flower. Probably original trees but now part of a farm shelter belt.
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Kākāpō (Strigops habroptila)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Honeycomb Hill Cave.
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Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)Observer
glebglubDescription
first in 10+ years, awesome little thing and my first mega!!
THE VALIANT AND TIRELESS WANDERER OF THE NORTH GRAAAAAAAA
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North Island Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus ssp. vealeae)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Native podocarp-broadleaved forest /
wetland.
5 seen, more than 20 heard within 3 hrs. Pretty amazing.
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North Island Fernbird (Poodytes punctatus ssp. vealeae)Observer
invertebratistDescription
Native podocarp-broadleaved forest /
wetland.
5 seen, more than 20 heard within 3 hrs. Pretty amazing.
