11005-00604 Paua slug (Schizoglossa novoseelandica novoseelandica) showing individuals both active and resting. An inhabitant of rainforests in the North Island only. It is carnivorous and predatory, preferring to eat snails from the subfamily Otoconchinae, especially Otoconcha dimidiata, but also feeding on earthworms, and occasinally its own species (cannibalism). Mangawhero *
DSC_5194 (Rhytida otagoensis) typically lives under fern or leaf litter and in damp rock piles in unmodified native forest, and under tussock or scrub in the subalpine zone. They are carnivores, and carrion feeders, with members of the genus showing an intriguing variety of carnivorous habits, including for example, carrying their prey around on their prehensile tails. Croydon Bush *
DSC_5186 (Rhytida otagoensis) typically lives under fern or leaf litter and in damp rock piles in unmodified native forest, and under tussock or scrub in the subalpine zone. They are carnivores, and carrion feeders, with members of the genus showing an intriguing variety of carnivorous habits, including for example, carrying their prey around on their prehensile tails. Croydon Bush *
