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Mallada basalisObserver
mgalbraithDescription
With adults and pupae on fruiting fig tree.
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Basket-cocoon Parasitoid (Meteorus pulchricornis)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Empty cocoon found on a fruiting fig tree.
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Pison peletieriObserver
mgalbraithDescription
Behaviour like a mason bee, exploring holes in timber
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Pison peletieriObserver
mgalbraithDescription
Behaviour like a mason bee, exploring holes in timber
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Mexican Dung Beetle (Copris incertus)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Two males found beside dwelling
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Redshouldered Ham Beetle (Necrobia ruficollis)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
On decaying black-backed gull carcass
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Australian Variable Lacewing (Drepanacra binocula)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
ID please? Moth appears to have no head, but flew away after photo was taken.
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Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Second specimen collected from this spot.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
5 adults sighted, plus larvae and pupae. On willows, infested by giant willow aphid.
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Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Collected from brush wattle (Acacia lophantha) foliage in Chelsea Heritage Park, Auckland.
ID confirmed by MPI (specimen sent).
Also known as Blackwood tortoise beetle?
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Inside private dwelling on window blinds, evening. Has been collected for addition to the Unitec Institute of Technology insect collection.
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Hadda Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)Observer
mgalbraithDescription
Single beetle on black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
