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Genus StethaspisObserver
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several dead ones seen on the track
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Subfamily CrocoideaeObserver
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Growing up between a flax bush and an electrical box
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Click Beetles (Family Elateridae)Observer
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Found inside a Ballarat apple
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Ear Fungus (Auricularia cornea)Observer
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stunning display of fungi on this tree trunk
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Large Green Stoneflies (Genus Stenoperla)Observer
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found clinging to the car door after a short drive near Arthur's Pass village
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Haumakaroa (Raukaua simplex)Observer
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sapling viewed from above
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
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beautiful grey/blue colour
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Common Onion-Orchid (Microtis unifolia)Observer
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Beside Lake Okareka
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Carrot Wasps (Family Gasteruptiidae)Observer
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hanging around a very small shallow hole near the post of a trig station Latham's Track
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Scolopendrid Centipedes (Family Scolopendridae)Observer
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seen while digging out flax roots in urban garden. Approx 7cm length. Photo doesn't do justice to the blueness of the creature
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Eleven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella undecimpunctata)Observer
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seen sheltering in lichen and cracks in old fence posts on exposed hill on a sunny but cold windy morning
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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Pukatea (Laurelia novae-zelandiae)Observer
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airborne seeds floating down from approx 10m, parent plant not seen, grazed native tree area
