Based in part on description of https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117581-Tubulanus-polymorphus
Sequence of images shows the wee crab being pulled towards the worm's hidey-hole.
Will put up separate ob for the crab.
Hitchhiker from Te Waihora, Greenpark Sands. 12mm long from nose to wing tip
Does the colour indicate it has recently moulted?
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Coastal native podocarp-broadleaved bush, under rotten log.
Leucistic form
Found by @highlands :)
Native Podocarp-broadleaved bush, at night.
Coastal, backdune, at night.
Camouflaging.
Coastal, backdune, at night.
Several crabs found within pieces of wood in the Oratia stream.
This fine specimen was found floating in the stream at the back of our section. It may have come to grief through stormwater input. A species ID would be appreciated.
Tiny - Chiton with eggs for comparison. Under a rock in intertidal zone.
This DB suggests they are hand sized - so does that make it a juvenile or have I mis-IDd it? https://www.marinelife.ac.nz/species/5352
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
3 individuals seen flying around.
Under a rotten log.
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
Exposed by very low tide.
Predated Archey's & Hochstetter's frogs. eDNA tested to confirm both species.
At least 8 feeding on a washed up Mako
Numerous adults flying in open beech forest with an understorey dominated by cutty grasses. All the adults looked at least slightly tattered and faded.
During the day, I noticed a female spider resting under a fern leaves. I returned later at night to capture photos of it constructing a web. Along the track, there were several indervial spiders, both juvenile and mature females. No males were observed at this location.
At night. Focus stack of 2 images.
(two individuals)
John Child bryophyte and lichen workshop 2023.
Was mobile and seemed healthy.
Just outside of the dog control area.
Reef heron fishing at the edge of the Mangahume Stream feeding on whitebait. Must have caught at least 30 fish over the duration I was taking photographs.
Feeding on slime mold https://inaturalist.nz/observations/196240228
Abandoned egg roughly chicken-egg size. Burrow first identified in Nov. This is next to a very popular spot with people and dogs, outside of the seasonal dog-on-a-leash zone.
Among mangroves. Lifer.
(Observed from the bridge)
Juveniles that were being fed by parents from time to time.
Cool to get a good view of one for a change!
Related observation was embedded in the same stone but looks like maybe a different species.
Feeding on a spider
Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Attracted to lights at night.
Patamahoe
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, under a damp decomposing wood.
I didn't expect this when I flipped the piece of wood. Carefully placed back after getting images.
Blue Hochstetter Frog found in an old gold mine tunnel
Two or three around here, and a number of others around the walk today. More inquisitive than normal - young one here I think.
Feeding time..
Plenty of fish jumping on a turning tide off Titirangi Beach. I’m not up on my fish species, so please have a crack at the ID(s) if you are!
A female. Found 28-3-17 in a garden at Waihi. I watched her situ for 7 weeks and added various bugs to her web which she fed on. When her web disintegrated in bad weather I brought her home and she lived in a terrarium for 12 weeks. During that time she made 2 golden egg sacs. She developed the black spot on the top of her abdomen a few weeks before dying on 8-8-17.
Dining on a mid-sized Emperor Gum Moth caterpillar
Saw this ruru as it flew a short distance down the track; I found it settled roughly 10m from the track. It seemed distinctly interested in me and at one stage flew a little closer.
Single bird a few hundred metres upstream in the branch from which the track from the riverbed to Top Maropea hut begins. Reluctant to fly — scrabbled from its hiding place behind a large boulder and stood watching us for several minutes in the rain until finally flying upstream.
A lot going on! P. phalangiodes predated by Lampona murina, which then was predated by a larger P. phalangiodes.
Seen during a trip a decent few years ago up to the Auckland area.
The most tame and photogenic Grey Warbler I have ever encountered!
An adorable pair of Silvereyes preening!
Roughly 2 cm long.
Larval or post-larval phase?
Eating an ant