11005-10905 Open Bay Island leech (Hirudobdella antipodium) adult, 'nestled' into the webbing on the foot of a little blue penguin after dark. This is the typical feeding position adopted by these rare native leeches, and you can see other scars characteristic of previous feeding sessions. Such scars, usually near the webbing, are indicative of the presence of leeches in seabird colonies on rat-free islands. Photographed April 1996, on Taumaka Island *
11005-12007 Wellington peripatus (Peripatoides novaezealandiae) adult in old totara stump. An ovoviparous (livebearing) species with 15 pairs of legs. Large females may measure up to 12cm long. Wellinton Region *
11005-11601 Maud Island peripatus (Peripatoides sp.) a large ovoviparous (live bearing) female with 15 pairs of legs, measuring more than 80mm in length, from coastal broadleaf (kawakawa/kohekohe/nikau) forest. Boat Bay, Maud Island *
