Observações de jan_kelly

facing into a brisk wind and trembling its wings very fast

ID by Otago Museum Dr Harris. Length of bee 8-9mm.

dead worm adjacent to a large worm cast, with ants on it

substantial worm casts common in the valley, this one half burying a Brachyglottis herb

A Weta foud dead by teh highway, trapped in a discarded beer bottle, associated photo gives detail of whole insect

Weta found dead in a bottle by the Highway, a common fate, associated photo is of its head only

Spittle bug on a Microtis orchid

Spiitle bug froth has another insect in it?

A ground spider amongst rocks and herbs on a dry ridge, Leucopogon fraseri herb gives scale

Robber Flies mating in eth same large, flowering Chionochloa rigida that held a number of Cicadas, see photos this site.

A moth which found its way onto our parked vehicle early afternoon, site close to snow tussocks

Small grasshopper with rabbit dirt at back for scale - on Hieracium leaves

very small grasshopper eating pollen (?) on a Hieracium flower

Very small grasshopper eating pollen (?) on a Hieracium flower

Very small grasshopper, with rabbit dirt at left for scale

Very small grasshopper, on dead tussock material, on side of 1423m hill in Lindis Pass Scenic Reserve