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Pics 1-8 - The Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis) is one of 3 Paper Wasp species in NZ. .
Pics 9-11 - The Huhu Beetle (Prionophus reticularis) , Family Cerambycidae . This insect is endemic to NZ and is it's heaviest Beetle .
Pic 12 - Another pest Introduced into NZ , living very dangerously near that Tunnelweb Spiders web .
Pics 13 & 14 - A couple of unidentified Ground Spiders .
Pics 15 & 16 - Just a couple of shots of the common old NZ Blue Bottle Fly .
Pics 17 , 18 , 19 The New Zealand Red Admiral ( Vanessa gonerilla) is endemic to NZ , it's Maori name is kahukura which means "red cloak".I couldn't get a photo of one as they are too fast ( i borrowed this one ) , their Caterpillars live on the NZ Tree Nettle (Urtica ferox) , their numbers are declining as this noxious weed is sprayed heavily these days and a couple of parasitic wasps have found their way to NZ .
Pic 20 - An Orb Web Spider web with early morning dew on it .
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Last edit: 29 Nov 2022 17:01 by Trevor Glyn-Jones.
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