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Green Mistletoe (Ileostylus micranthus)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Hemiparasitic on deciduous hawthorn tree.
Update late September 2024: Sadly, this specimen and supporting host branch have been cut and removed from the host hawthorn tree.
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Green Mistletoe (Ileostylus micranthus)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Flowers opening.
Hemiparasitic on deciduous hawthorn tree.
Update late September 2024: Sadly, this specimen and supporting host branch have been cut and removed from the host hawthorn tree.
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Green Mistletoe (Ileostylus micranthus)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Hemiparasitic on deciduous hawthorn tree.
Update late September 2024: Sadly, this specimen and supporting host branch have been cut and removed from the host hawthorn tree.
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Queñua and Allies (Genus Polylepis)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Small grove at high elevation approximately 4000 m. Short trees. Small dense leaves. Reddish, shredding bark. Trees gnarled in shape.
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Shortnosed Kauri Weevil (Xenocnema spinipes)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Titirangi, Auckland.
Zigzag Track, in Atkinson Park.
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Arabic Volute (Alcithoe arabica)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Blue calcerous egg, laid on shell.
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Rays (Infraclass Batoidea)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Soft cartilage. 19 cm long.
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Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Feeding around high tide line. Footprint and bill probe hole.
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Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Dead wash-up at high tide following rough seas.
Prominent bare pink skin area at base of heavy bill. Red eye. Solid black tip underflipper.
Reported to Department of Conservation, along with Little Blue Penguin body found in same location (iNat ID 204111775). DOC took the bodies away for further examination.
Possibly starved following moult as specimen looks emaciated (see prominent breastbone), according to DOC Ranger.
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Hula Skirt Siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Washed up alive, moving.
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Genus PhronimaObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Washed up alive at low tide, at dusk. Two separate Phronima found along the stretch of beach (see observation 216255091), and a few hollowed-out salp cases.
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Genus PhronimaObserver
karrihartleyDescription
Washed up alive at low tide. Inside hollowed-out salp it uses for protection.
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Bigbelly Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)Observer
karrihartleyDescription
Washed up on sand. Appeared dead, not moving (pictures 1-7, 10,11,12). Started moving, alive. Transported with care to a deep rock pool with access to the ocean and kelp beds (picture 8, 9).
