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Frond unfurling...

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Uploaded on Mar 3, 2012

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At the SI Optimist Champs last weekend in Queen Charlotte Sound.

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Uploaded on Mar 3, 2012  |  Map

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A cicada which had obviously lost its way... it was found sitting forlornly on a pillow in the bedroom and...

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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2012

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A small (about 20mm) native New Zealand scarab beetle, common in summertime.

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Uploaded on Feb 26, 2012  |  Map

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By the next morning, even after our garden had been battered overnight by gale force winds and 50mm rain,...

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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The Monarch caterpillar readies itself for pupation. It has spun a cushion of silk by which it attaches...

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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... a meet-the-neighbours gathering on a Swan Plant milkweed. A few hours after this photo was taken the...

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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...the largest of the 40-ish cicada species found in New Zealand. Cicadas drink tree sap which they suck up...

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012  |  Map

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Noisy little beasties at this time of the year...

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012  |  Map

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...or Belladonna Lily (Amaryllis belladonna) Two of the buds (previous photo in my stream) had opened up into flowers by this afternoon...

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Uploaded on Feb 19, 2012  |  Map

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...or Naked Lady (Amaryllis belladonna)

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Uploaded on Feb 18, 2012  |  Map

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The Swan Plant is a popular milkweed grown in gardens all over New Zealand as a food source for the...

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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2012

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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

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...or that's what it looked like through the viewfinder to me :) In reality it's a close-up of a wild carrot seed-head.

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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012

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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

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Leaning into the strong wind and trying hard not to get blown off its perch.

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012  |  Map

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