DSC_9555 Helms stag beetle (Geodorcus helmsi) large larva in soil beneath bark. Our largest stag beetle, flightless and very vulnerable to rat predation. On rat-free islands it can reach 42mm long. In wet rainforests, often associated with Kahikatea. Codfish Island *
11005-70113 Acute-winged click beetle (Metablax acutipennis) native. Beetles seen in forest from November to January. The grub tunnels into recently dead wood, especially hinau. Kaikoura *
DSC_5112 Cylindrical bark beetle (Pristoderus bakewelli) a flightless mycophagus beetle found in forest throughout New Zealand, living on dead logs. It's knobbly upper surface blends in with the surrounding bark. Otago Peninsula *
