5.7 mm

Occasional on coastal banks and cliffs

Seen on ground first then close by in miro. Coastal podocarp-broadleaved forest.

Dominant species on a raised bog.

Occasional along track through coastal poodcarp-broadleaved forest

Within regenerating podocarp forest.

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Epiphytic on southern rata growing just above the hight tide mark at the mouth of the Takahopa River

This individual was on a prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) cactus, the main food source for this species.

Found on a fun day out exploring with @finatic !

With thanks to Otto Hyink for the heads up.
shots 1 and 2 nymphs, 4 & 4.5 mm
winged adults - 4 & 4.5 mm

Washed up onto the salt marsh at high tide.
Later measured at 2m from the tip of the anal fin to the tip of the dorsal fin and 169cm wide.
Specimens taken by Otago Museum staff later in the day.

Teloschistes velifer, colonising dead branch of Melicytus alpinus

Haematomma alpinum, growing on dead branch of Melicytus alpinus (with Ramalina glaucescens)

On leaf litter

On beech sapling at edge of Lophozonia menziesii forest

Identity confirmed by David Glenny. A rare species known previously from the West Coast.

Common in damp area in mixed broadleaved/podocarp forest