Lots of these leeches were retrieved from samples of treated effluent at a wastewater treatment plant. Not ranged in size up to around 3 or 4cm.
With Diaspididae species.
Length(Diameter) approx. 5 mm.
Found attached on leaves of a planted Yucca.
ID is tentative. Could be something else.
Renocilla bollandi
Named after the legend- Bob Bolland
Found : Maeda point, Okinawa-JP
Depth: 95feet living on a Scorpionfish ( Scorpaenopsis diabolus, Tanaka 1917 )
Fish Size : 70-80mm
Isopod size: 15mm -20mm
More info about this beautiful species https://okinawanaturephotography.com/parasitic-isopods-of-the-ryukyu-islands/
Native Kauri-podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Predating Serpho sp.:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189903105
Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve, Auckland. Under wood debris at back of beach.
Obs for the right ootheca (egg mass). The left one looks like a South African ootheca (Miomantis caffra)? Both on the underside of a magnolia leaf.
Varicorbula yokoyamai Habe, 1949 from Taean, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
While single valves of this species are seldom found in the beach drift in Taean, I was fortunate enough to discover a pair once during high tide.
It was a surprise for me when I first found it in Taean as this species has been officially reported exclusively from Jeju Island
Collected, photographed by Doyeon Kim
No idea, was closely analysing some triplefin eggs and saw a bit of purple, maybe something fishy?
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest (remnant)
Images 1, 2, 3, and 5 are focus stacked.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Several found in a pile of bricks, what are the chances I found so many of such a rare critter.
Gittos Domain, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland. Moss mat (Ptychomnion aciculare), on the ground, trackside.
Larva on flower of oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), adult emerged 21 March 2023.
Native bush, under a decomposing wood.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, at night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest, during daytime.
On a tree trunk.
I've found this once before in this location - but have never found an ID. Video of it moving here: https://youtu.be/fDfI8xc-w3U
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest. At night.
Two birds calling to each other in the wetland by the estuary. Managed to get photos of them as they flew between two shrubs.
From a handful of beach sand at the high tide line on the main beach of the small bay.
1mm grid.
Some kind of encrusting organism growing on washed up seaweed and seagrass.
Definitely Cerithiopsidae. Almost seems to be Seila cincta except that Seila is meant to have smooth spiral ridges (Powells description for that species says so specifically). This one has small nodules on one of the ridges. Found at the high tide line on the beach at Raglan near the Harbour mouth about 15 to 20 years ago. Any thoughts?
white flatworms that live of kōura eating scraps from the hosts messy eating habits
Two specimens in close proximity on trunk of Blue Gum.
Photo 5 gives indication of size - fingers are pointing towards specimen in upper right of photo.
Constantly moving, very rapidly, so hard to photograph.
Distinctive features include: short wings, broad flat 'thighs' on rear legs, iridescent sheen on various parts of body (see photos 2 & 3) and head/eyes (not showing in these photos).
Newmarket Park, Auckland. On the underside of a large rock.
Although this is my first observation for this species, I may have ignored/overlooked it until now.
トゲが長く伸びるという特徴よりWomersleymeria sp.であると推定
Presumed to be Womersleymeria sp. based on the characteristic of long extending spines.
This bird was found on Muriwai Beach then successfully rehabilitated but the NZ Bird Rescue Trust. The identification was confirmed as a juvenile Lesser frigatebird by bill measurements and markings.
Attracted to lights at night.
With fungi Hesperomyces coccinelloides on it:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159954218
The flaky part on a coccinellid that was attracted to lights at night.
(Thanks @stephen_thorpe for pointing out that it was a fungi)
Native Podocarp-broadleaved forest.
Found by digging out the Cordyceps sinclairii (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151320642).
Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Native beech forest.