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American Black Nightshade (Solanum americanum)Observer
mike68luskDescription
by the small flowers, moderately reflexed calyx lobes, umbellate inflorescence
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Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)Observer
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Under a rock in the shallows. About 10mm long
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Baby Sage (Salvia microphylla)Observer
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in a domestic garden
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Caddisflies (Order Trichoptera)Observer
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under log at water's edge
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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under log at river's edge
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Insect Destroyers (Order Entomophthorales)Observer
mike68luskDescription
under a log at water's edge in a receding river
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Life (Life)Observer
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I'm assuming this is myrtle rust but no yellow granules were seen. This is one of a row of pohutukawas which all had rust last time I looked as did the M. Tahiti also in this garden. On this occasion the latter shrubs had no evidence of rust and were flowering well with unblemished new growth
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia)Observer
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shrub with rather striking leaves as well as the large flowers
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Australian Droplet Tunicate (Eudistoma elongatum)Observer
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common in low intertidal zone with Hormosira banksii
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Wand Mullein (Verbascum virgatum)Observer
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in river shingle
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Globe Cottonleaf (Euchiton sphaericus)Observer
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in river shingle
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Australasian Pirate Spiders (Genus Australomimetus)Observer
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about 1cm long so perhaps a juvenile
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Sharp-leaved Fluellen (Kickxia elatine)Observer
mike68luskDescription
Scrambling through a dense groundcover of Fuchsia procumbens. I'm not sure if the flowers open more than this but the area, while light gets little direct sun.
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Greater Plantain (Plantago major)Observer
mike68luskDescription
a single plant in river shingle
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Weasel's-Snout (Misopates orontium)Observer
mike68luskDescription
river shingle
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Steelblue Lady Beetle (Halmus chalybeus)Observer
mike68luskDescription
cast exoskeleton of I think a ladybird beetle
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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on tree trunk
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Hen and Chicks Fern (Asplenium bulbiferum)Observer
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Leaf divisions finer that I'm used to in Hawkes Bay
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Climbing Fern (Arthropteris tenella)Observer
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common in Bot Gardens
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Aloes (Genus Aloe)Observer
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small plant often seen in amenity and bot garden plantings
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
mike68luskDescription
ecdysed cuticle of the SA species I think
