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Kuvat / Äänet
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Suku PeripatoidesHavainnoija
emily_rKuvaus
Happy New Year?! Not for this harvestman! Two hours later and Photo 11 shows all that was left of the Pantopsalis. The end photos show the chubby peripatus two hours later. Not sure if the peripatus had 15 or 16 pairs of legs (end photos best for leg counts but not conclusive).
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
flossiepipKuvaus
We have some Orb web egg sac's under the carport that we keep an eye on to see if any parasitic wasps appear, as they sometimes do and this morning there were about 7 or 8 of these wasps all over them. Not sure what they were up to, so any id on the wasp!
Kuvat / Äänet
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Austroperla cyreneHavainnoija
commoncopperKuvaus
Those unfurled wings are exquisite.
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
jo_poultonKuvaus
Lost some of the green iridescence when drying out. The last photo is while still wet.
Caught in window/yellow pan trap combo
Kuvat / Äänet
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Suku AphanomerusHavainnoija
greyKuvaus
A tiny parasitoid wasp that appears to be laying eggs into a fresh Siphanta acuta egg-cushion on the underside of a Lacebark leaf.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Suku AntrocephalusHavainnoija
ecomanKuvaus
Collected by Kat Douglas. Scale bar=1mm
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
invertebratistPaikka
Catleys Campsite, Coromandel Forest Park, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Kuvaus
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, under a damp decomposing wood.
I didn't expect this when I flipped the piece of wood. Carefully placed back after getting images.
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
stephen_thorpeKuvaus
Grafton Gully at Symonds St Cemetery, Grafton, Auckland. Larvae on lower surface of Ganoderma.
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
stephen_thorpeKuvaus
Albert Park, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010. On Ficus macrophylla.
Kuvat / Äänet
Mitä
Pison peletieriHavainnoija
julievause_nzKuvaus
Single specimen flew into our house and created a mud coccoon on a piece of fabric.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Pison peletieriHavainnoija
dwilsonKuvaus
A nest chamber got knocked off a house wall, so I opened it for a look. Spiders inside were two salticids, theridiids and maybe tetragnathids. The spider at bottom with dark abdomen has a wasp grub on its back. The larger of the two salticids (top right) is 4mm long.
Compare species composition with this observation:
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/72975802
Kuvat / Äänet
Havainnoija
raewynaKuvaus
The large sand scarab grub appears to be being attacked by the wasp.
Kuvat / Äänet
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Pison morosumHavainnoija
cbeardKuvaus
resting near nest holes in a stack of wood
Kuvat / Äänet
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Pison peletieriHavainnoija
dwilsonKuvaus
Three-chambered nest, shortly after completion and sealing of the middle chamber.
Second photo shows contents of middle chamber: Eight jumping spiders (Hypoblemum griseum) and one Clubiona sp. Jumping spider on left has a wasp egg on its abdomen.
See this observation for image of wasp working on the middle chamber on the previous day:
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/72975801
