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White-fringed Weevil (Naupactus leucoloma)Observer
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Found crawling along the ground as I was walking up the mown track from Mt. Vernon Carpark.
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Burnt Pine Longhorn (Arhopalus ferus)Observer
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Longhorn beetle that as caught when 100s spent about 30 mins flying around above the coastal cliffs every day at dusk, with plenty of gulls eating them.
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Rostanga musculaObserver
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Found in a shallow tidal pool along Motunau Beach.
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Small Swimming Mayfly (Nesameletus ornatus)Observer
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Nesameletus with dark medial band across caudal filaments.
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Order PodocopidaObserver
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Small ostracod found in an ephemeral pond.
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Calanoid Copepods (Order Calanoida)Observer
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Small copepod (2-mm long) found in ephemeral pond
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Liodessus plicatusObserver
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Liodessus beetle with non-uniform colouration. Found in an ephemeral pond near Cass.
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Genus RhantusObserver
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Rhantus larva collected from an ephemeral pond near Cass
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Antiporus unciferObserver
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Striped Antiporus beetle collected from an ephemeral pond. Keyed out as Antiporus strigosulus in "Guide to the Aquatic Insects of New Zealand." I understand this to be a synonym for Antiporus uncifer.
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Antiporus femoralisObserver
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Uniformly-coloured antiporus beetle collected from ephemeral pond.
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Lancetes lanceolatusObserver
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Caught in kick net from ephemeral pond
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Upland Bully (Gobiomorphus breviceps)Observer
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Upland bully caught in Cass River during using electric fishing protocols.
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Sheetweb Spiders (Genus Cambridgea)Observer
cmeijerDescription
Not sure what spider this is, but it was found inside at the Cass Field Station.
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Swamp Coprosma (Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua)Observer
cmeijerDescription
Not sure of the exact species, but this plant was found growing on the banks of a braided river slowly getting enough by rampant blackberry on the far side from where these photos were taken..
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Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare ssp. vulgare)Observer
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Not sure of the exact species, but this plant was found growing on an relatively-undisturbed section of riverbed amongst exotic grasses.
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Pilated-leaved Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus)Observer
cmeijerDescription
Just one of the many blackberry plants I found colonising exposed gravel flats on a braided riverbed.
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Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia axillaris)Observer
cmeijerDescription
After finding these growing near each other on a braided riverbed, I assumed both were creeping wire vine.
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cmeijerDescription
Not sure of the exact species, but this plant was found growing on exposed riverbed.