to lights at night
quite yellow in life but very difficult to photograph!
Ōrokonui Ecosanctuary
decent size
Visiting various garden flowers
Not many seen, despite abundant Senecio
With poroporo, mahoe, and what looks like 2–3 different ferns, all growing under a decrepit ?woolshed
vulgaris I think; caught in a Philoponella web
At UV light sheet. Third night in a row I have encountered one of these at my light sheet somewhere on island (2nd night at this location).
Very small — <2 mm. Absence of odour when disturbed. Living under one particular plant pot in my garden.
Karioitahi Beach
budding often shows this purple phase
Argentine ants? There were a lot of these through the flowers of a Sophora molloyi, first noticed by @reneepenney. They're about 3 mm long.
Seen in grassland. Not pictured but has a yellow body.
Malaise trap, shrub land
collected by Claas Damken