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Pato-de-Crina (Chenonetta jubata)Observador
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Fewer than last year visible - maybe 3-4 of each sex total. Still great to see them!
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Género ByssomeruliusObservador
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Growing on a dead gorse stem at the side of a bike track near McGouns
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Plantas (Reino Plantae)Observador
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We found this in a sample of pond water from the Dunedin area. Photo taken down microscope at (I think) 40x magnification. It’s green so I assume plant/algae? Or maybe fungal spore? Never seen anything like it!
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Género GibellulaObservador
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Fungified spider!! James Crofts-Bennet thinks the spider is Cycloctenus. iNat suggested the fungus species, which seems likely. Found on a tree in the redwoods area of Ross Creek.
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Joaninha-Asiática (Harmonia axyridis)Observador
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A HUGE swarm of these, never seen anything like it! Thousands flying and congregating and lots of different colour variations present. Really fantastic to see :)
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Pato-de-Crina (Chenonetta jubata)Observador
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Sixteen ducks, 6 males and 10 females! All sitting in the shade and occasionally grazing. These are still listed as 'Rare Vagrants' in NZ bird books, and at the time of posting this, it is only the fifth observation in NZ listed on iNat!
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Puya alpestrisObservador
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Never seen blue/green flowers before! Amazing
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Alguma coisa...Observador
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I have no idea what these are! Some sort of gall? Mud dauber wasp nests? Found in a clump of dead sticks in replanted native vegetation beside a grass track.
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Borboletas e Mariposas (Ordem Lepidoptera)Observador
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Teeny tiny little moth! On the outside of the window, so tricky to get a decent image. Finger for scale
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Amanita-Mata-Moscas (Amanita muscaria)Observador
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Neat to see a few of these in urban areas!
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Large weevil found in the bathroom. Dark reddish-brown elytra, black head.
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Cisne-Preto (Cygnus atratus)Observador
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Family of five - two adults and three youngsters
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Género CantuariaObservador
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Found on the cycleway between Pohara and Clifton. Nearest vegetation farmland. A second one found in the same spot the next day. Unusual for the area?
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Eudonia legnotaObservador
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On a non-native tree in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens. Supremely well camouflaged, I only saw it because it moved!
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In the hedge beside the medical centre. With bonus hoverfly!
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Vitex lucensObservador
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Unusual to see a puriri tree in Dunedin, but this one appears to be thriving!
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Género PezizaObservador
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Looks a bit like a birds nest fungus? But I have no idea! Growing against a wall in a highly cultivated garden of shop-bought compost and introduced plants. Found after several days of heavy rain
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Rhomphaea urquhartiObservador
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Found in our house, possibly came in with firewood. Not at all sure about ID, but looks a lot like Romphaea sp. to me. Body 3mm long. It tucks its legs up against its body when startled and drops to the ground.
Thanks to James Crofts-Bennett who says this is Romphaea urquharti 😊
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Thyrsites atunObservador
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Several of these cruising around the inlet. We often see the tips of their tails break the water as they swim
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Single jellyfish washed up at low tide. About 4cm long
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Beautiful lichen, one of only two or three on a rocky outcrop at the edge of Lake Mahinerangi
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Juvenile/nestling still with downy feathers on the roof of the Zoology Department’s Marples building
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Turritopsis rubraObservador
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Tiny, about 4mm diameter. In a rock pool beside the Murrays Bay - Mairangi Bay coastal track. It was the only one that we could see in the area. Actively swimming around. Very cute!
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Saboneteira (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)Observador
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Next to the summit track in open scoria area, not far from the wharf. A couple of these in the same spot. Location approximate.
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Quite a few of these along the Portobello peninsula track. Most seemed to be flowering.
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Mocho-Galego (Athene noctua)Observador
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I think these are owl pellets. Found underneath an Olearia bush on the Flagstaff track. Would appreciate other people’s thoughts about this!
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Stereum versicolorObservador
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Not sure about ID. Found on rotting log beside track somewhere on the Taieri Gorge track
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Libertia ixioidesObservador
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Somewhere on the first half of the Taieri Gorge track. In native bush. Several of these in a patch but only one flowering
