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Found on avocado flowers at night.

Came inside boxes from overseas. I handed them to my boss and recommended they contact MPI. Hopefully they will

Host plant Baloghia inophylla.

Oedemeridae, on stressed Hoop Pine

litter sample under Carmichaelia shrubs
site 10 a

In litter sample under Carmichaelia

Sample ID: 9a

tiny!

Found in dead leaves at base of flax. Scale bar=1mm

Maybe Hybolasius vegetus?

Very small - perhaps 5mm end to end.

February 2020 malaise trap collection

@jtweed

10 mm

cf. G. tuberculata (male)

The male has never been formally described. This specimen conforms to the female description on several points.

Caught by James Tweed

3 mm

Caught by James Tweed.

a novel species; 5.8 mm

ID computer suggestion. This one landed on track looking half dead but resumed normal stance during photo shoot.

1mm scale bar

15-20 mm long.

1 image is of it alive + on a wall, the other image of it dead + point-mounted.

Possibly genus Idiohelina ?

Muscoidea: Muscidae: Idiohelina sp. ?

female, 8 mm

Taunton Terrace Reserve, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Coastal forest.

On Lantana

Feeding on mushroom

Very hard to take photos of. About 1mm in length, moving relatively fast..

Tentative ID.
Body size (without antennae) about 3mm

5.5 mm

caught by James Tweed

No scale in photo, but this insects body would have been about 2cm long.

Guess

The beetle, about 18 mm long.

PR_1248;AUS_148