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Rod Morris  > New Zealand Invertebrates > New Zealand Invertebrates
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Rod Morris > 11005-46516  North Island lichen moth (Declana atronivea) this 'looper' caterpillar has two extremely effective camouflage strategies - one is to look like a dead twig, the other is to curl up on a leaf and look like a bird dropping!
Rod Morris > 11005-27819  Wellington tree weta (Hemideina crassidens) a modified pencil case nailed to a tree, serves as a weta 'nest box' in a Wellington garden
Rod Morris > 11005-40711  Helms forest ringlet butterfly (Dodonidia helmsii)
Rod Morris > 11005-12014  Caversham peripatus (undescribed) moulting skin
Rod Morris > 11005-26901  Mole cricket (Triamescaptor aotea) female in underground nursery tending her young
Rod Morris > 11005-04423  Hochstetter's giant landsnail (Powelliphanta hochstetteri hochstetteri) hatchling peering out from eggshell after 8 months developing in the egg. It may spend many more weeks 'camped' inside the eggshell, consuming the calcium for its future needs
Rod Morris > 11005-57005  Native colletid bee (Leioproctus pango) in flight over mistletoe flower
Rod Morris > 11005-41802  Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla)
Rod Morris > 11005-11919  Trotters Gorge peripatus (undescribed) communally feeding on dead cave weta
Rod Morris > 11005-50501  Bat-winged 'cannibal' fly (Exsul singularis) feeding on southern blue butterfly
Rod Morris > 11005-31004  Kaikoura giant weta (Deinacrida parva) female eating moss
Rod Morris > 11005-46010  Oblique-waved fern looper moth (Ischalis variabilis)
Rod Morris > 11005-35102 Meadow spittle bug (Philaenus spumarius) froth covered nymph
Rod Morris > 11005-11301  Indigo peripatus (Peripatoides indigo) one of the larger NZ species, this female was 90mm
Rod Morris > 11005-16220  Green flower spider (Diaea ambara) an 'ambush' predator concealed in fierce nettle flowers
11005-46516 North Island lichen moth (Declana atronivea) this 'looper' caterpillar has two extremely effective camouflage strategies - one is to look like a dead twig, the other is to curl up on a leaf and look like a bird dropping!
Rod Morris > 11005-46516  North Island lichen moth (Declana atronivea) this 'looper' caterpillar has two extremely effective camouflage strategies - one is to look like a dead twig, the other is to curl up on a leaf and look like a bird dropping!
11005-46516 North Island lichen moth (Declana atronivea) this 'looper' caterpillar has two extremely effective camouflage strategies - one is to look like a dead twig, the other is to curl up on a leaf and look like a bird dropping!
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Keywords: bird caterpillar moth deception lichen zebra dropping invertebrate mimicry 46516 declana atronivea
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