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Date

March 3, 2018

Description

Orthroptera
Arcididae
Alpine grasshopper

Sigaus nitidus - Photo (c) Pete McGregor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Pete McGregor
tom_saunders's ID: Sigaus nitidus, a member of Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Subfamily Catantopinae)
Added on December 11, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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What

Pasture Wireworm (Monocrepidius exsul)

Observer

jon_sullivan

Date

January 9, 2019 09:02 PM NZDT

Description

About 1 cm long.

Pasture Wireworm - Photo (c) Victor Engel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Victor Engel
tom_saunders's ID: Pasture Wireworm (Monocrepidius exsul)
Added on December 8, 2023
Improving
Added as part of a taxon swap

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What

Northern New Zealand Plover (Anarhynchus obscurus ssp. aquilonius)

Observer

markdpcv

Date

July 28, 2015
New Zealand Plover - Photo (c) Amaya M., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amaya M.
tom_saunders's ID: New Zealand Plover (Anarhynchus obscurus)
Added on October 30, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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What

Green Vegetable Bug Egg Parasitoid (Trissolcus basalis)

Observer

black_robin

Date

November 22, 2022 12:14 PM NZDT

Description

Laying eggs in Glaucias amyoti eggs.

Trissolcus - Photo (c) Tom Saunders, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom Saunders
tom_saunders's ID: Genus Trissolcus, a member of Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)
Added on July 31, 2023
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Observer

commoncopper

Date

April 20, 2023 09:38 PM NZST
Doryctinae - Photo (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
tom_saunders's ID: Subfamily Doryctinae, a member of Braconid Wasps (Family Braconidae)
Added on May 1, 2023
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What

Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)

Observer

wobbely

Date

March 24, 2023 01:23 PM NZDT
Southern Green Stink Bug - Photo (c) Christopher Caine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Christopher Caine
tom_saunders's ID: Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula)
Added on March 24, 2023
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Observer

schneehagen

Date

February 25, 2023 11:02 AM NZDT
Lissonota - Photo (c) James W, all rights reserved, uploaded by James W
tom_saunders's ID: Genus Lissonota, a member of Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)
Added on March 8, 2023
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Observer

schneehagen

Date

February 25, 2023 12:25 PM NZDT
Aucklandella - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
tom_saunders's ID: Genus Aucklandella, a member of Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)
Added on March 8, 2023
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What

Southeast Asian Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis ssp. tigrina)

Observer

bevan

Date

April 2, 2017 05:54 PM NZST
Spotted Dove - Photo (c) OZinOH, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
tom_saunders's ID: Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Added on March 8, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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Southeast Asian Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis ssp. tigrina)

Observer

lek

Date

August 28, 2016 10:57 AM NZST

Description

In the company of other birds, used to being fed.

Spotted Dove - Photo (c) OZinOH, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
tom_saunders's ID: Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Added on March 8, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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Orange Ichneumonid Wasp (Netelia ephippiata)

Observer

greg_holwell

Date

February 11, 2023 01:54 AM NZDT
Orange Ichneumonid Wasp - Photo (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY)
tom_saunders's ID: Orange Ichneumonid Wasp (Netelia ephippiata)
Added on February 13, 2023
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What

Planthoppers (Infraorder Fulgoromorpha)

Observer

eyrezer

Date

December 19, 2020 12:06 PM +13

Tags

Planthoppers - Photo (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
tom_saunders's ID: Planthoppers (Infraorder Fulgoromorpha)
Added on January 10, 2023
Leading
Added as part of a taxon split

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What

Planthoppers (Infraorder Fulgoromorpha)

Observer

robin_booth

Date

January 30, 2019 02:34 PM NZDT

Description

On fence post.

Planthoppers - Photo (c) Vijay Anand Ismavel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
tom_saunders's ID: Planthoppers (Infraorder Fulgoromorpha)
Added on January 10, 2023
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Added as part of a taxon split

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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

mike68lusk

Date

November 22, 2016 10:09 AM NZDT

Description

remarkable lichen camo

Knobbled Orbweaver - Photo (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae
tom_saunders's ID: Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)
Added on December 1, 2022
Supporting
Added as part of a taxon swap

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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

belstudholme

Date

November 13, 2016 10:29 AM NZDT
Knobbled Orbweaver - Photo (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae
tom_saunders's ID: Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)
Added on December 1, 2022
Improving
Added as part of a taxon swap

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What

Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

grahame

Date

June 22, 2016

Description

Eriophora pustulosa male.
Despite having sen 100's of this sp. this is only the 2nd male I've seen.
It was lurking around the edges of a large females web.

Knobbled Orbweaver - Photo (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae
tom_saunders's ID: Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)
Added on December 1, 2022
Supporting
Added as part of a taxon swap

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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Observer

emlostanley

Date

May 15, 2016
Knobbled Orbweaver - Photo (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae
tom_saunders's ID: Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)
Added on December 1, 2022
Supporting
Added as part of a taxon swap

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Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)

Date

February 16, 2014

Description

Fascinating to watch this large orbweb spider catch a cicada in its web and then kil it!

Knobbled Orbweaver - Photo (c) Saryu Mae, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Saryu Mae
tom_saunders's ID: Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa)
Added on December 1, 2022
Supporting
Added as part of a taxon swap

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Päiperleken (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

jake_vesty

Date

November 2022

Description

found on envy apple leaf

Butterflies and Moths - Photo (c) Anita, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
tom_saunders's ID: Päiperleken (Order Lepidoptera)
Added on November 23, 2022
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Observer

akshay_mahajan

Date

November 21, 2022 03:22 PM NZDT
Priocnemis conformis - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
tom_saunders's ID: Priocnemis conformis, a member of Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies (Tribe Pepsini)
Added on November 23, 2022
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What

Lilly Pilly (Syzygium smithii)

Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

September 15, 2022 12:54 PM NZST

Description

110 Gladstone Rd, Parnell, Auckland.

Lilly Pilly - Photo (c) wamblicious, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
tom_saunders's ID: Lilly Pilly (Syzygium smithii)
Added on September 15, 2022
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Observer

black_robin

Date

August 29, 2022 02:28 PM NZST
Glabridorsum stokesii - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
tom_saunders's ID: Glabridorsum stokesii, a member of Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)
Added on August 29, 2022
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Snoek (Thyrsites atun)

Observer

clinton

Date

March 31, 2009 03:05 PM NZDT
Snoek - Photo (c) Camilla Caton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Camilla Caton
tom_saunders's ID: Snoek (Thyrsites atun)
Added on July 22, 2022
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Added as part of a taxon swap

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Orange Ichneumonid Wasp (Netelia ephippiata)

Observer

jo490

Date

June 18, 2022 10:24 PM NZST

Description

Found inside house

Orange Ichneumonid Wasp - Photo (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY)
tom_saunders's ID: Orange Ichneumonid Wasp (Netelia ephippiata)
Added on June 20, 2022
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German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)

Observer

agoranomos

Date

June 2022

Description

Large wasp - I think it was a queen.
Found crawling up an inside of a window, very dopey on a warm day.
Photos taken outside after extermination.

German Yellowjacket - Photo (c) Sid Mosdell, some rights reserved (CC BY)
tom_saunders's ID: German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica)
Added on June 9, 2022
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Square-ended Crab Spiders (Genus Sidymella)

Observer

emily_r

Date

May 16, 2022 02:12 PM NZST
Square-ended Crab Spiders - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
tom_saunders's ID: Square-ended Crab Spiders (Genus Sidymella)
Added on June 7, 2022
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Observer

grey

Date

January 4, 2022 10:07 AM NZDT

Description

Found dead inside house.

Lissonota fulva - Photo (c) Tom Saunders, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom Saunders
tom_saunders's ID: Lissonota fulva, a member of Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)
Added on May 25, 2022
Improving

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Observer

black_robin

Date

May 2, 2022 03:23 PM NZST
Acantholybas brunneus - Photo (c) Tom, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tom
tom_saunders's ID: Acantholybas brunneus, a member of Leaf-footed Bugs (Family Coreidae)
Added on May 23, 2022
Improving

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Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)

Observer

black_robin

Date

May 2, 2022 03:00 PM NZST
Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp - Photo (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY)
tom_saunders's ID: Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp (Diplazon laetatorius)
Added on May 23, 2022
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Basket-cocoon Parasitoid (Meteorus pulchricornis)

Observer

black_robin

Date

May 2, 2022 04:08 PM NZST

Description

Collected. Hatched on the morning of 10/05/22.

Basket-cocoon Parasitoid - Photo (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
tom_saunders's ID: Basket-cocoon Parasitoid (Meteorus pulchricornis)
Added on May 23, 2022
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