dward's Identifications
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katemccombsDescription
Emerged from small cocoons, after parasitising a Magpie Moth.
The cocoon pictures are from 12 June.
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Small Brown Bush Ant (Prolasius advena)Observer
thomasjwalshDescription
Maybe twice the size of the commonly seen seen black ant (Ochetellus glaber). I am guessing Pachycondyla ants because they were big and brown/bronze in colour.
They were swarming in the fork of a beech tree after dark. Individual ants were seen elsewhere in the forest and upper foreshore.
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Heteroponera brouniiObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush.
Habitat: Native bush remnant. In moss at side of track. A few ants observed.
Identification: Heteroponera brouni (Forel, 1892). Worker.
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Pison peletieriObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Pison cf. ruficorne Smith, 1856
East Wing cloisters windows. Dead. It regularly turns up here.
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Pison peletieriObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
East Wing cloisters windows. All dead. It regularly turns up here.
Technically, it is Pison cf. ruficorne.
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Pison peletieriObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
East Wing cloisters windows. Dead. It regularly turns up here.
Technically, it is Pison cf. ruficorne.
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Southern Ant (Chelaner antarcticus)Observer
tony_willsDescription
Ants bringing all manner of unrecognisable morsels to their nest in a manmade rock wall. Only things I recognised were a seed and some small grubs.
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Southern Ant (Chelaner antarcticus)Observer
tony_willsDescription
Ants bringing all manner of unrecognisable morsels to their nest in a manmade rock wall. Only things I recognised were a seed and some small grubs.
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katemccombsDescription
Emerged from small cocoons, after parasitising a Magpie Moth.
The cocoon pictures are from 12 June.
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Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Subfamily Ophioninae)Observer
steve_kerrDescription
Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae: Netelia producta ?
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Gelis tenellusObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Mount Albert, 145 Carrington Rd (vicinity of Unitec Childcare, Unitec Campus).
Habitat: Podocarpus totara.
Identification: Gelis tenellus (Say, 1836). Female.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: On vegetation near pond.
Identification: Phaenoglyphis villosa (Hartig, 1841). Second photo shows diagnostic suture on mesopleuron.
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Australian Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Gomphocarpus sp. Flowering.
Identification: Polistes humilis (Fabricius, 1781). Female.
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Cryptoxilos thorpeiObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., 1840. Dying/dead. Infested with Chaetoptelius mundulus.
Identification: Cryptoxilos thorpei Shaw & Berry, 2005. Many adults observed. Photos show 1 female and 3 males.
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush
Habitat: Native bush remnant. On dead wood.
Identification: Sclerodermus niveifemur (Evans, 1964)
REFERENCES
Ward, D.F. 2013: Revision of Bethylidae (Hymenoptera) from New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 36(2): 107-130. doi: 10.1080/00779962.2012.759084
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Genus OxyserphusObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus (East)
Habitat: Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., 1840. Dying/dead. Infested with Chaetoptelius mundulus. Active on bark.
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Typical Ponerine Ants (Tribe Ponerini)Observer
lekDescription
On the bark mulch of a garden bed, in a sheltered and shady location. Several individuals, perhaps up to 20 at a time, were seen out mingling with each other in a confined spot. They were probably just outside their hidden nest entrance. I thought it was quite bold behaviour, for a species that's usually very shy of being seen out in the open.
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Lesser Sneaking Ant (Cardiocondyla minutior)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus (East)
Habitat: In main carpark area. Many ants observed active on the ground in sunshine at about 1600 hrs.
Identification: Cardiocondyla minutior Forel, 1899
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stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Pittosporum eugenioides. Beating. By pond.
Identification: Leptopilina heterotoma (Thomson, 1862).
REFERENCES
Ward, D.F. 2014: Overview and key to the New Zealand Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa, 3878(6): 563-579. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.6.4
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Genus EuryischiaObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Leptospermum. Cultivated. Beating.
Identification: Euryischia sp.
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Anteon caledonianumObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus.
Habitat: Kunzea. Beating.
Identification: Anteon caledonianum Olmi, 1984.
REFERENCES
Olmi, M. 2007: New Zealand Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea): new records and description of Bocchus thorpei new species. Records of the Auckland Museum, 44: 5-16.
NOTE: This is the first specimen, to my knowledge, taken in Saint Johns. I record all specimens of this species that I encounter in the field.
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Genus TamarixiaObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Glen Innes/Point England/Saint Johns, 231 Apirana Ave
Habitat: Lophostemon confertus. On underside of leaf. Tree infested with Ctenarytaina longicauda.
Identification: Tamarixia sp. [Tentatively]
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Genus ErroliumObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush
Habitat: Native bush remnant. Several wasps shaken out of a bush floor sedge.
Identification: Errolium sp.
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Heteroponera brouniiObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush.
Habitat: Native bush remnant. In moss at side of track. A few ants observed.
Identification: Heteroponera brouni (Forel, 1892). Worker.
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Genus SpilomenaObserver
stephen_thorpeDescription
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush
Habitat: Native bush remnant. On trunk of dead standing tree.
Identification: Spilomena sp.
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