DSC_6804 Denniston vagrant spider (Uliodon nov. sp.) female. A large, and as yet undescribed vagrant spider (Family Zoropsidae), widespread on the Denniston Plateau, with a distinctive threat display and much more strongly patterned than other vagrant spiders. It's range extends from the Paparoa Range north to the Denniston Plateau *
11005-12402 Shield shrimp (Lepidurus viridis) sometimes known as tadpole shrimps, these adults were found in early spring in a temporary pond at Victory Beach on Otago Peninsula *
DSC_3795 Freshwater isopod (Notamphisopus dunedinensis) male. Phreatoicids such as this one found in a spring on Otago Peninsula, have only been found in the South Island and Stewart Island in NZ. They are most common in Otago and Southland, and are of considerable antiquity with fossils going back 325 million years *
