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April 23, 2020
09:11 AM NZST
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April 27, 2020
04:28 PM NZST
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January 22, 2021
09:59 AM NZDT
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December 30, 2021
03:13 AM UTC
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December 8, 2023
02:43 PM NZDT
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January 11, 2024
01:05 PM NZDT
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April 13, 2023
04:56 AM UTC
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November 12, 2023
03:55 PM ACDT
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July 22, 2022
05:40 PM ACST
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November 10, 2023
05:38 AM UTC
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November 15, 2023
06:50 AM UTC
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March 2, 2024
11:58 AM NZDT
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March 2, 2024
01:14 PM NZDT
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March 2, 2024
02:48 PM NZDT
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March 2, 2024
07:03 PM NZDT
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March 2, 2024
09:42 PM NZDT
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April 21, 2024
09:10 AM NZST
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February 17, 2019
01:44 PM NZDT
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July 20, 2017
08:48 AM UTC
Description
About 4cm long looks grey purple found on a clay bank. This photo taken with flash and torch light
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March 10, 2024
04:38 AM UTC
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February 17, 2024
05:34 PM CST
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February 7, 2024
07:58 PM PST
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March 15, 2024
07:59 PM UTC
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February 17, 2024
12:14 PM UTC
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January 16, 2023
12:57 AM AEDT
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November 22, 2023
07:50 PM NZDT
Description
Peripatus sp, feeding on millipede, Observed at Night
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February 21, 2024
10:40 AM EST
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February 23, 2024
02:04 AM CST
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September 5, 2022
01:47 PM AEST
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November 19, 2018
11:42 PM NZDT
Description
Approx 120mm long - by far the biggest one I have ever seen!
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September 18, 2019
08:48 PM NZST
Description
An adult female large spiny stick insect. It's the longest insect in New Zealand
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April 8, 2020
11:46 AM NZST
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February 10, 2024
10:23 PM AEDT
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February 8, 2024
03:38 PM NZDT
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February 6, 2024
02:14 PM AEDT
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January 5, 2024
11:56 AM NZDT
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December 1, 2023
11:03 PM NZDT
What
Katipō
(Latrodectus katipo)
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August 18, 2023
03:35 PM HST
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August 21, 2021
04:51 AM UTC
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October 25, 2022
08:15 PM UTC
Description
Several males found in small patch (1sq m) of leaf litter in back yard
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October 25, 2022
08:29 PM UTC
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December 3, 2021
07:28 PM ACDT
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April 27, 2019
08:03 PM AEST
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March 24, 2020
03:33 PM AEDT
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September 20, 2023
01:14 PM UTC
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January 2, 2023
07:29 PM NZDT
Description
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Native coastal beech forest, under a decomposing wood.
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December 8, 2020
06:24 PM NZDT
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January 4, 2024
09:39 AM UTC
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November 21, 2023
08:35 AM UTC
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September 17, 2021
03:05 PM BST
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October 27, 2022
09:38 AM UTC
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December 10, 2022
08:53 PM ACDT
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September 11, 2022
06:12 PM AEST
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September 11, 2022
06:12 PM AEST
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January 12, 2023
10:48 AM AEST
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April 19, 2023
12:44 PM NZST
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April 26, 2022
04:21 PM NZST
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March 22, 2021
08:52 PM NZDT
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December 24, 2021
04:51 PM ACDT
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May 31, 2023
12:22 PM UTC
What
Katipō
(Latrodectus katipo)
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November 6, 2023
11:08 PM NZDT
Description
Still here a year later. Counted about a dozen webs, sighted three live spiders, plus one egg sac. Very small patch of pīngao here; the marram really seems to have squeezed in since last visit
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December 30, 2023
04:57 PM HST
Description
Lovely moths! Finishing off 2023 in Dansey's Pass, which has a great variety of habitats for Lepidoptera. All moths drawn to UV light.
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December 31, 2023
11:39 AM NZDT
Description
Pale peripatus. Didn't get a decent leg count (maybe 16 pairs, but can't be sure).
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July 29, 2021
05:16 PM +08
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October 18, 2021
09:41 AM NZDT
Description
Found stomping across the floor of our homestay. These beetles turn up infrequently and in the most unlikely places, but regularly enough to indicate they are established here.
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May 17, 2017
10:38 PM NZST
Description
At night on a damp clay bank.
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July 14, 2023
03:53 PM +08
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December 4, 2023
06:58 PM UTC
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January 4, 2023
12:02 PM NZDT
Description
With Saryu Mae (invertebratist) and Zachary Robertson (fiestykakapo)
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November 28, 2023
07:37 AM UTC
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December 1, 2023
02:45 AM UTC
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December 22, 2023
10:23 AM -03
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November 22, 2023
07:50 PM NZDT
Description
Damp wet night, around 8 degrees, Observed at Night
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November 5, 2023
06:59 PM NZDT
Description
16 pairs of legs. Feeding on an ant I think. Quite small so might be a juvenile.
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November 11, 2023
08:50 PM UTC
Description
I have no idea what is needed to key out stick insects which is why I went a bit ham on the photos
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November 11, 2023
06:44 AM UTC
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December 20, 2022
06:02 PM EST
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February 4, 2023
11:57 AM NZDT
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August 6, 2023
08:46 AM UTC
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November 8, 2023
06:49 PM NZDT
Description
Mount Arthur trip highlights - Scree Wētā. At c.1550m, under scree. Has a bad case of bum-mites.
Unfortunately due to heavy rain and low temperatures (probably) I was unable to also find a Mt. Arthur Giant Wētā too. Will go up again some day in Jan/Feb for better chances.
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November 10, 2023
12:59 AM NZDT
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November 6, 2023
08:28 PM NZDT
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March 13, 2018
09:27 PM NZDT
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November 15, 2021
07:27 PM NZDT
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February 18, 2020
07:13 AM UTC
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April 1, 2019
09:36 AM NZDT
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December 15, 2021
01:57 PM NZDT
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September 20, 2022
12:08 AM NZST
Description
just the one spotted (by chance!)
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September 15, 2016
08:41 PM NZST
Description
On banks of Fleming River, in the Forest And Bird Lenz Reserve, Tautuku. The Karearea had just caught a male mallared and was in the process of eating it.
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August 27, 2023
02:36 AM CEST
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August 17, 2023
05:54 PM PDT
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March 30, 2020
02:11 PM EDT
Description
Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus
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October 18, 2021
11:36 AM HST
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April 22, 2018
10:18 PM PDT
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November 30, 2021
10:32 PM CET
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August 13, 2023
12:12 AM CEST
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October 3, 2023
09:28 PM AEDT
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March 15, 2023
08:55 AM NZDT
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September 11, 2023
07:45 PM HST
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November 9, 2022
03:01 PM NZDT