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Stable Fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)Observer
helenmackyDescription
With tiny Pseudoscorpions hitchhiking a ride
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Lobed Anemone (Antholoba achates)Observer
vichepatataDescription
Foto por Borja Bernales, durante un buceo nocturno
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Pink Dot Lichen (Dibaeis absoluta)Observer
christopherstephensDescription
mostly. Some Baeomyces heteromorphus bottom middle.
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Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Flew down and landed on the screen. I quickly searched for the species so it could be with its kin ;-)
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Genus PlatanuridaObserver
frankashwoodDescription
Under decaying log (casual turnover)
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Red-billed Gull × Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae × bulleri)Observer
skipperdogmanDescription
Red-billed Gull x Black-billed Gull Hybrid
The F1 Hybrid
Te Papa specimen
Data and comparison to pure birds are within the observation photos
Originally collected in 1971, by L. Gurr (Louis Gurr)
Bill is shorter than a Black-billed Gull but skinnier than a Red-billed Gull.
An intermediate size/shape of the two.
Primaries show white spots that are larger than a Red-billed Gull's
Bill colour may have detreated slightly, but also appears to be an intermediate colour of the two species.
Last photo shows a comparison with the other hybrid (F1 top).
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Slime Molds (Phylum Mycetozoa)Observer
archie_tarnDescription
Growing on the end of a bit of moss
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Pelagic Sea-Anemone (Actinecta viridula)Observer
anitaruggleDescription
could l please get a confirmation on this Anemone please
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North Island Rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris ssp. granti)Observer
tony_willsDescription
Backyard, Karori, Zealandia fence in the background. Trailcam photo (still frames from a 10 second video capture).
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Genus ProcyliosomaObserver
tony_willsDescription
The most interesting new thing I found during this nature challenge, I accidentally disturbed it and it rolled into a ball. I waited 15 minutes in the dark, but it still didn't completely unfurl itself.
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Sea Anemones (Order Actiniaria)Observer
luca_dtDescription
A tiny guy in the water column.
~3mm long
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Canary Island Palm (Phoenix canariensis)Observer
tony_willsDescription
World's biggest pineapple
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New Zealand Falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
petemcgregorDescription
First walk after the shift to Level 3, and this karearea flew up the ridge to settle on the stump in front of the top seat and check me out for a minute or two. One of two.
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Dofleinia armataObserver
apteryx54Description
Hi @joe_fish Suspect this is 'Actinia sp.' also known as Paterson Inlet anemone Steve de C. Cook, Invertebrates 1, page 164. Photo credits to Tom Bliss as I had the close-up lens on and too big. Certainly is quite large given the 150mm scale ruler placed at side. Depth 6m, clean sand substrate, strong current area. Also @chicky67 to look at on return!
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Life (Life)Observer
grahameDescription
Ok so this is the Gold-eye lichen, Teloschistes chrysophthalmus.
But what are the little red things ??
Some form of fruiting body ??
I'm guessing the little black hemispheres are lichenicolous fungi.
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
possumsendDescription
Curious crustose lichen on a rock face. Facing NE. Patterns possibly caused by grazing?
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Life (Life)Observer
jackierankenDescription
Can you help me please identify this species ? Found just under the surface of a lagoon on Chatham Island. The area in the photograph is around 1000mm square.
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kiwilasseeDescription
Caught on a long line off Rakino Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Squishy to touch.
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Speckled Rock Anemone (Oulactis muscosa)Observer
traceybates6Description
I think it is this but very different colouring to what I normally see
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Wandering Sea Anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa)Observer
madgeographicDescription
I think it’s a little swinging anemone, spotted in Bremer Bay. I am not sure which species it is because it looks different from both the Phlyctenanthus australis and the Phlyctenactis tubercolosa.
Have a look of our YouTube channel for some Australian adventures.
M.A.D. GEOGRAPHIC
Thanks!
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Bassia bassensisObserver
luca_dtDescription
Not entirely sure, found the two different specimens (Picture 1/2, Picture 3) near each other about to be washed ashore.
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Trichia botrytisObserver
alison_pollackDescription
The one on the right is parasitized with Polycephalomyces tomentosus
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cat67Description
Found on a piece of wood in Waikanae river, jelly covered eggs?
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Snowy Albatross (Diomedea exulans)Observer
naturejeanneDescription
Seen while on a pelagic tour around Kaikoura
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Pinwheels and Parachute Mushrooms (Genus Marasmius)Observer
isaac_oliveiraDescription
Occurrence of the living organism registered in the Zoobotanical Park of the Federal University of Acre - Ufac: an ecological corridor with about 144 hectares, constituting the largest green area within the urban perimeter.
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Waratah Anemone (Actinia tenebrosa)Observer
harrylurlingDescription
In tide pool.
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Hongos (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
fun-gal-nzDescription
Ashley forest. On a stick/twig
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Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)Observer
julievause_nzDescription
Several tiny specimens growing on fallen branches in NZ native forest under thick leafy canopy (a real mix of trees including Pururi and many Ponga). About 5mm diameter. and less, in size. Pale apricot colour on top, creamy-whiteish spikey underneath.
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North Island Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa ssp. placabilis)Observer
simonnicholas
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
johnsteelDescription
Of 160 agar plates of potato dextrose agar (PDA+) left exposed to the air for one hour, only one was infected by this little beauty; 20 mm diameter.
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Pink Dot Lichen (Dibaeis absoluta)Observer
fergusDescription
Original ID: Dibaeis absoluta, one of the data deficient lichen species that Allison Knight, Jon Terry and Anna Harris are researching. If one of the them confirmed this ID that would be fantastic (but of course all are welcome to). On rock, at the base of a tip-up mound.
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Taupata (Coprosma repens)Observer
joedillonPlace
Palliser Road at Charles Plimmer Park, Oriental Bay, Wellington 6011, New Zealand (Google, OSM)
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Genus CalliactisObserver
marinejanineDescription
2 bright gold anemones with distinctive translucent white, purple-centred tentacles.
Found by J. Baker in mixed Amphibolis seagrass and Caulocystis brown algae sample, collected under permit, from 50cm deep, for SACReD's "Marine Hitchhikers of Yorke Peninsula" project.
Sizes:
1 x 2cm column and 1cm diameter
1 x 1cm column and 0.5cm diameter
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New Zealand Hermit Crab (Pagurus novizealandiae)Observer
kelvinperrieDescription
The one in the cat's eye snail shell banged itself against the other one until the second crab left it's shell. Then first crab tried the other shell out for size before going back to it's original shell
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Dust Lichens (Genus Lepraria)Observer
mike68luskDescription
growing on a limestone boulder in full shade
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New Zealand Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
strewickDescription
About to have tea and rua ruru started up by the window- couldn't resist it
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Cutworm Moths and Allies (Family Noctuidae)Observer
wild_windDescription
This observation is for the caterpillar on the right.
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Wandering Sea Anemone (Phlyctenactis tuberculosa)Observer
albeer23Description
Tiny 20mm
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Pink Dot Lichen (Dibaeis absoluta)Observer
johnb-nzDescription
With thanks to Allison Knight for help with ID.
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Wellington Tree Wētā (Hemideina crassidens)Observer
mfpaulDescription
I was so excited to stumble upon this female tree weta during ecdysis (moulting). Amazing to see her just hanging there using gravity to help her emerge. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get very good photos as all I had was my phone and a headlamp.
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Actiniid Sea Anemones (Family Actiniidae)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Same anemone with white tentacles as this obs:
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/32679014
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Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)Observer
tony_willsDescription
Rat caught in a DOC200 trap.
2 weeks between its first visit to trap and being caught (see 974739). Bait: Peanut butter.
Female, body length aprox 20cm, tail 15cm, weight aprox 160gm.
Second photo is from a monitoring infrared webcam and is the product of low light levels and slow shutter speeds - simultaneously showing the live rat, the trigged trap closing and the closed trap (so we have a photo of a simultaneously alive and dead rat).
see also 975015
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Therians (Subclass Theria)Observer
bernardsmithDescription
Chew marks on Coprosma sp.
15/8/2019, photo added with scale, furrows approx 1.5mm per incisor
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Fluffy Dust Lichen (Lepraria finkii)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Growing on a tree fern trunk.
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House Mouse (Mus musculus)Observer
tony_willsDescription
Slowed down by a factor of 3, this shows a mouse that takes a running jump at a concrete step, hits it mid way up, but clings on and climbs up.
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Therians (Subclass Theria)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Bite marks on a kohekohe trunk in a native bush reserve.
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Striped Green Sea Anemone (Diadumene lineata)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Obs for the tiny yellow anemone beside the Anthopleura anemone.
