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Just starting to flower. Probably original trees but now part of a farm shelter belt.

Honeycomb Hill Cave.

first in 10+ years, awesome little thing and my first mega!!

THE VALIANT AND TIRELESS WANDERER OF THE NORTH GRAAAAAAAA

Native podocarp-broadleaved forest /
wetland.
5 seen, more than 20 heard within 3 hrs. Pretty amazing.

Native podocarp-broadleaved forest /
wetland.
5 seen, more than 20 heard within 3 hrs. Pretty amazing.

Coastal.
It caught a Scolecenchelys breviceps, however swallowing it seemed almost impossible.

Coastal stream (brackish area)

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night. Freshwater. Bioluminescent (only after being touched)

12 Photos. At about 1,700 metres a.s.l in the Fox Range between Sam Peak and Crozet Peak. First time I've ever seen a green peripatus

found on
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/205608500

Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night.
On Nikau leaf.
Observed with Andy Xiong

Berm out front of 12 Heaphy St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600. On Cerastium glomeratum.

Although this is my first observation for this species, I may have ignored/overlooked it until now.

With egg spirals. Several adults on the same blade.

unknown fungus in QLD
Identified as Gymnogaster boletoides on Bowerbird by Tim Cannon

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest (remnant)

Found in a washed up gastropoda. was alive for a couple days without much water!

Coastal, backdune, at night.
Camouflaging.

Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night. Under rotten log.

Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night. Under rotten log.

Under rock on the beach (at the stone/coastal vegetation border)
1st image focus stacked.

so good

@sdjbrown Here is an image of it burrowing. That other photo was the only half-decent image I managed to capture before it descended into the grains of sand!

Coastal, at night.

Growing upside down on an overhang of rock. At least 20mm long. Does this mean they're quite old?

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
3 individuals seen flying around.

Caught indoors during the day. F.L. 2.5 mm.

On the dark, wet wall of the cave near the entrance.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Alpine, lakeside.

On the way to John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Observed with Colin Meurk (@ meurkc) and Marley Ford (@ marleyi) - Thanks!

At night. Focus stack of 2 images.
(two individuals)
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Small cephalapsid opistobrach found in quite large numbers in seagrass. 3-4mm long.

Alpine.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Alpine.

John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Terricolous and fertile. ID by John Braggins.

Found inside fibres of cocos nucifera

Eric Armishaw Park, Point Chevalier, Auckland.

Adults and nymphs common on oioi.

Alpine, lakeside.

On the way to John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.

Observed with Colin Meurk (@ meurkc) and Marley Ford (@ marleyi) - Thanks!

Growing on fallen log

Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Larva

Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.

Mostly planted and regenerating (?) native-ish bush around the stream, at night.