Jon SullivanFeb 20

Here are four of the species I found today in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ.

Here's a caterpillar of mōkarakara, the NZ magpie moth, eating leaves of the European groundsel, Senecio vulgaris. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339402946

Here's a Puapua-a-Autahi, NZ's Anemone Stinkhorn Fungus, the first I've seen this season. They're really strange looking fungi. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339402950

Here's a red fly agaric mushroom, from the Northern Hemisphere, which was at the base of a patch of pine trees. It's odd to see a lot of these about now. I expect they're responding to our unusually wet summer. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339402947

chatter-chatter-chatter

And, here's one of the many, many Kihikihi Wawā, NZ chorus cicadas, about the city. They're an elegant insect up close, and a *loud* insect at just about any distance.
https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339402945

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Show threadDonald Hobern

@joncounts

That's a special-looking cicada, and such an NZ colour-scheme.

Feb 20 at 11:39pmWeb
Show threadJon SullivanFeb 20
@dhobern Thanks. I hadn't thought about it that way but, yes, it's definitely a cicada that blends well into dark mossy forest places (=NZ).