On coastal rock in sheltered cavern

Nice to see all the Gulls in their breeding plumage

juvenile

Part of large colony on Pukekura

Photographed at the Riverside Market eating a leftover burger.

Red-billed gull now threatened in NZ.

spouting is blocked

white fantail

on old apple tree

On railway sleeper in shade

Scattered. Mainly under bluffs and on rocks.

This is the same bird that has been stalking me for a couple of weeks. I recognise the malevolent glare. He thinks that by having a dust bath in the coal bin he can fool me but no.

Otatara Scenic Reserve. Bark of totara

A tree with bear branches. Also incorporates Goldilocks and the tree bears and a partridge in a bear tree

Rare, on coastal dune

Raoulia grandiflora?

Locally common under rawiritoa (Kunzea amathicola) / kahikatoa (Leptospermum scoparium agg.) either side of old road.

largish beetles of 15-20 mm length on a black puffball like fungi about 60mm diameter. There were 2 dozen beetles on one fungi. All were in a state of stupor but still alive.

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