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Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest (remnant)

Found in a washed up gastropoda. was alive for a couple days without much water!

Coastal, backdune, at night.
Camouflaging.

Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night. Under rotten log.

Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night. Under rotten log.

Under rock on the beach (at the stone/coastal vegetation border)
1st image focus stacked.

so good

@sdjbrown Here is an image of it burrowing. That other photo was the only half-decent image I managed to capture before it descended into the grains of sand!

Coastal, at night.

Growing upside down on an overhang of rock. At least 20mm long. Does this mean they're quite old?

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
3 individuals seen flying around.

Caught indoors during the day. F.L. 2.5 mm.

On the dark, wet wall of the cave near the entrance.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Alpine, lakeside.

On the way to John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Observed with Colin Meurk (@ meurkc) and Marley Ford (@ marleyi) - Thanks!

At night. Focus stack of 2 images.
(two individuals)
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Small cephalapsid opistobrach found in quite large numbers in seagrass. 3-4mm long.

Alpine.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Alpine.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Terricolous and fertile. ID by John Braggins.

Found inside fibres of cocos nucifera

Eric Armishaw Park, Point Chevalier, Auckland.

Adults and nymphs common on oioi.

Alpine, lakeside.

On the way to John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Observed with Colin Meurk (@ meurkc) and Marley Ford (@ marleyi) - Thanks!

Growing on fallen log

Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Larva

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.

Mostly planted and regenerating (?) native-ish bush around the stream, at night.

Auckland Entomological Society field trip to Mataia Homestead, 28 October 2023.

Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest / Manuka, Kanuka scrub, at night.

Attracted to light trap (thanks @dr_robert)

At night.

at night

Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve, Auckland. Under wood debris at back of beach.

Obs for the right ootheca (egg mass). The left one looks like a South African ootheca (Miomantis caffra)? Both on the underside of a magnolia leaf.

Trying to id the hitchiker. Looks like some kind of crustacean?

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. Focus stacked images.

Local under oioi.