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What

Sheetweb and Dwarf Weavers (Family Linyphiidae)

Observer

stevenwallace

Date

October 27, 2021 04:30 PM NZDT

Description

Body length about 2mm.

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Observer

steve_kerr

Date

October 9, 2011

Description

Salticidae: Holoplatys planissima or H. complanata - Jumping Spider

sharing a Therevid meal

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What

Tree Trapdoor Spider (Genus Migas)

Observer

mike68lusk

Date

November 28, 2019 10:52 AM NZDT

Description

on the dry undersurface a very old fragment of a red beech trunk. I presume it has lasted sine the tree was felled, decades ago. .

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What

Eastern Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus ssp. zibethicus)

Observer

dongminsung

Date

April 2017

Description

Confirm?

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What

Minimac Gecko (Woodworthia marlborough mini)

Observer

benackerley

Date

October 2019

Description

Three tailed gecko!

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

jacog

Date

July 26, 2019 02:13 PM NZST

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What

New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

Observer

danilo_hegg

Date

July 20, 2019 01:56 PM NZST

Description

This find was pretty high on the WTF scale. A single kereru foot in the middle of the track. Not a bone, a feather or a blood drop in sight.

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

moira_parker

Date

June 28, 2019

Place

Sandymount (Google, OSM)

Description

Pale turquoise body, with white speckles and orange and white line along each side.
Approximately 3cm long

On kanuka branch with Korthalsella salicorniodes growing from it.

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What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

buggirl13

Date

October 21, 2018 04:40 PM +13

Description

Found on pine tree bark

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What

House Spiders (Genus Badumna)

Observer

kate158

Date

May 4, 2019 10:33 AM NZST

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What

White Banded House Jumper (Maratus griseus)

Observer

dubh

Date

October 24, 2009 03:20 PM NZDT

Description

This was a very pretty spider indeed.

Blog posting here.

Lots of these on the sunny side of the house during summer.

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What

House Spiders (Genus Badumna)

Observer

justb

Date

April 18, 2019 02:58 PM NZST

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What

Large Sand Scarab (Pericoptus truncatus)

Observer

shaun-lee

Date

March 23, 2019 11:50 AM NZDT

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What

Cicadas (Superfamily Cicadoidea)

Observer

tony_wills

Date

March 18, 2019 06:07 PM NZDT

Description

Has anyone done a study of cicadas flying and obstacle avoidance ability? These guys seem to do headlong collisions with the fence, and then they can't back out - the third one here was still moving so I pulled it back out.

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What

Spiders (Order Araneae)

Observer

questagame

Date

March 17, 2019 11:52 AM AEDT

Description

Sighting and photos (c) megamo.
Field Notes - found in cave

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Observer

angelasimpson

Date

December 18, 2014

Description

spotted on cutty grass near Urchin camp. Body approx 1.5 cm long

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dougalt

Date

March 12, 2019 11:08 PM NZDT

Description

About 8 mm long. Posing nicely on a Griselinia leaf.

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What

New Zealand Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)

Observer

michaelaj

Date

July 13, 2017

Description

Found a Morepork trapped inside a chicken coop and assisted it’s escape

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What

Tree Trapdoor Spider (Genus Migas)

Date

March 9, 2019 09:16 PM NZDT

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What

Brown Cutworm (Agrotis munda)

Observer

bunnynom

Date

March 4, 2019 10:39 PM +12

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Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

March 5, 2019

Description

Oakley Creek Walkway. On a swamp maire (planted by the creek). Plenty of signs of larval development on the plant.

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Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

April 7, 2013

Description

Common in long grass. Colour pattern is variable.

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Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

January 22, 2019

Description

Adult moth emerged 21-22 Jan 2019 from a cocoon on an unmined Eucalyptus elata(?) leaf collected in the field on 20 Jan 2019.

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Observer

hdsmith

Date

January 9, 2019 09:11 AM +13

Description

12+ paralysed in a Mason Wasp (Pison spinulae) nest.

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What

New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)

Observer

robbed

Date

January 7, 2019

Description

Apologies for the "unique" perspective! The Kereru was feeding on Fuchsia (flowers?) in the canopy.

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Observer

stephen_thorpe

Date

December 30, 2018

Description

Emily Place Reserve. Diurnally active.

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What

Crafty Fishing Spider (Dolomedes facetus)

Observer

foodforestnz

Date

March 26, 2018 02:49 PM NZDT

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What

Parry’s Tiger Beetle (Neocicindela parryi)

Observer

schneehagen

Date

December 24, 2018 11:10 AM NZDT

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mike68lusk

Date

December 17, 2018 05:39 PM NZDT

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Observer

epitree

Date

December 18, 2018 12:51 PM NZDT

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Observer

mike68lusk

Date

December 11, 2018 09:23 AM NZDT

Description

on citrus leaf

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Observer

shaun_thompson

Date

December 5, 2018 05:11 PM NZDT

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What

New Zealand Striped Longhorn (Navomorpha lineata)

Observer

petemcgregor

Date

March 23, 2014

Description

Noticed this near the seat at the top of the track.

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steve_kerr

Date

October 20, 2018 11:33 AM NZDT

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What

New Zealand Common Bag Moth (Liothula omnivora)

Observer

dwilson

Date

September 26, 2012

Description

Male bag moth (Liothula sp.) on the bag of a female, copulating, on a puriri tree.

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jacqui-nz

Date

October 26, 2018 10:34 AM NZDT

Description

Resting on mapou.

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bbi2

Date

July 18, 2013 09:30 AM NZST

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What

Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli)

Observer

lomuland

Date

March 30, 2018 11:25 AM NZDT

Description

Found in our vege garden after harvesting Kumara.

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flossiepip

Date

October 19, 2018 08:41 AM NZDT

Description

Big, about 10mm

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What

Slender Sac Spider (Eutittha stratiotica)

Observer

steve_kerr

Date

April 15, 2012

Place

Alexandra (Google, OSM)

Description

Miturgidae: Cheiracanthium stratioticum - Long-legged Sac spider ?

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Observer

steve_kerr

Date

January 3, 2013

Description

Agelenidae: Oramia littoralis
under rocks in intertidal zone

(NOTE: this observation previously mis-identified as Desidae: Otagoa nova)

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steve_kerr

Date

April 11, 2013

Description

Synotaxidae: Meringa leith ?
see Fig. 67, pg. 24; Forster, Platnick and Coddington 1990

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leonperrie

Date

January 10, 2018 10:23 PM NZDT

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danilo_hegg

Date

December 27, 2015 01:31 AM NZDT

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montyk

Date

January 25, 2017 08:44 AM +13

Description

Found in burkes pass, maybe Anoteropsis spider?

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What

Bush Spider (Cambridgea foliata)

Observer

camkay

Date

May 2016

Description

Location:
NZ, AK, Waiheke Island, Onetangi

Habitat:
Found in an outside sink.

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What

New Zealand Giant Centipede (Cormocephalus rubriceps)

Date

December 28, 2017 01:31 PM NZDT

Description

Disturbed from a pile of mulch

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What

Open-holed Trapdoor Spiders (Genus Stanwellia)

Observer

djlibsnhays

Date

August 11, 2014 05:28 AM NZST

Description

Not my observation, but noticed it on the site http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11307026

Sharing as I could not find an example by searching Wairarapa or Stanwellia.

Matt Charlton a Tararua district earth works business owner was clearing forestry for a road at Pongaroa with a worker when he came across a very large spider "bigger than his hand"...

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Observer

robert_briggs

Date

April 30, 2018 06:11 AM NZST

Description

habitat: up in a Gorse bush inside an empty gorse seedpod, I was lucky to find it, I saw the empty seedpod and thought it was a moth, so I went closer and saw it was just a seedpod but it also had a spider in it!

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What

Vagrant Spiders (Genus Uliodon)

Observer

zoology

Date

April 2018

Description

I made a terrible mistake