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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
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Underside of Vietnamese mint leaf using macroscope
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Aphids (Family Aphididae)Observer
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Pulled up yellowing bean plant to find these in root area. Larger slow moving blobs that I initially thought were fungi and also smaller more active aphid like creatures. Clock the ant 'farming' them.
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Genus LeucopteraObserver
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Caterpillar/ larvae found inside leaf 'envelope' i.e. between lower epidermis and upper epidermis in borage leaves in garden. Over 26 leaves affected on newly bought and planted borage plant after careful inspection. Damage mostly not visible from above, need to look on underside of leaf to see infestation. Last pic is new leaf I have opened up from underleaf, (with $1 coin as scale) which has 3 much smaller larvae. It's mid spring here. This reminds me of 'in-leaf comfrey infestation mid-late summer (feel free to tell me correct terminology because my Google searches aren't getting me anywhere).
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Armyworm Moths (Genus Spodoptera)Observer
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Found in Vege garden
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New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ssp. vagans)Observer
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Dead
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Lancewoods and Five Fingers (Genus Pseudopanax)Observer
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Pretty sure I bought a five finger many years ago, tui are loving the berries but mostly green not purple - sowing seed for restoration planting so wanting to confirm what I have
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Oriental Leafworm Moth (Spodoptera litura)Observer
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Found next to or underneath pot on concrete porch
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Auckland Tree Weta (Hemideina thoracica)Observer
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Found looking feeble, dying? on front porch.
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New Zealand Green-lipped Mussel (Perna canaliculus)Observer
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Found on loose mooring off Point England point
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Sponges (Phylum Porifera)Observer
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Found on pulled up loose mooring line off Point England point.
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Common White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae ssp. novaehollandiae)Observer
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Dead in PT England Reserve paddock, seemed fresh, sml bit of blood on ground and on foot
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Fool's Watercress (Apium nodiflorum)Observer
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Helosciadium nodiflorum, considered aquatic pest plant in NZ
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River Bulrush (Bolboschoenus fluviatilis)Observer
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Omaru Creek, tidal, below salinity wedge.
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Narrow-leaved Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia)Observer
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??, common tree around Omaru stream, Point England, Auckland
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New Zealand Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos ssp. brevirostris)Observer
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Newly observed breeding colony.
Photo by Shaun Lee
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Nana (Zostera muelleri ssp. novozelandica)Observer
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Seagrass dying? Can anyone tell me if this is normal?
Die off in 1960s at nearby sea grass meadows (Okahu Bay etc) thought to have been caused by slime mould Labyrinthula (see Armiger, 1964: "serveral distinct brown patches...observed to enlarge by peripheral spread...checked by the onset of winter...following summer resumed their extension towards the centre of the bay...grass orginally affected...mostly decomposed entirely, leaving the substratum bare.")
I see an observation 20 Dec 2017 (Zostera muelleri) at St Heliers also looks dark brown - but I don't think this is a seasonal change...
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Unarmed Stick-Insect (Acanthoxyla inermis)Observer
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Stick insect on ornamental flax in garden
