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Life (Life)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
What is this! It is a gall type thing on the root of a seedling milk weed swan plant.
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Streptomyces scabiesObserver
dave_hollandDescription
the little scabs are this. the big patch in the middle that is darker is the sart of a blight spot.
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Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
the dark brown shiny disease is late blight on potato
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Buddleja Weevil (Cleopus japonicus)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
no wonder there is no buddleia around here anymore! the weevils are absolutely destroying the buddleia shrubs in this area. they are dying from it!
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Detritus Moth (Opogona omoscopa)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
dusky scuttler?
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Observer
dave_hollandDescription
Wild clumps in this area. In among the manuka. Other weeds around are mostly bamboo, poplars, birches
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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
wild seedlings. hundreds of them growing in the recently (few years) made garden in the centre strip of te ngae road, amoung the planted natives! I compared the seedlings and adult foliage for looks and smell and they are identical.
pic 8, 10, 12 are the adult
pic 9, 11, 13 are the seedlings.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
poplar log
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European Oak Leafminer (Phyllonorycter messaniella)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
causing windows in beech leaves
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Woolly Beech Aphid (Phyllaphis fagi)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
? on euro beech
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Carnival Candy Slime Mold (Arcyria denudata)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
?
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Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
huge planted adult and hundreds of wild small plants and seedlings, there is an wild adult 40m away too that is also producing wild seedlings.
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Honeycomb Coral Slime Mold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
under rotting poplar log
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Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
me thinks! and this obs shows wild adult and wild seedlings. there is a huge planted old adult about 40m away that has loads of young ones around it too. if this species is correct then this area should be searched and everything cut and poisoned.
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Kahikatea Mealybug (Paraferrisia podocarpi)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
on kahikatea loads of these on the tips. some tiny caterpillar of a moth me thinks.
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Typical Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
just finished a moult
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Rust-eating Midges (Genus Mycodiplosis)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
maggots eating rust fungi on an alder!
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Firs (Genus Abies)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
wild fir seedlings. last 8 pics are of planted adult nearby. then one more small seedling.