DSC_1147 Flower longhorn (Zorion australe) female. Small brightly coloured flying beetles, not much larger than an ant, which feed on nectar and pollen. Dunedin *
DSC_1142 Flower longhorn (Zorion australe) female. Small brightly coloured flying beetles, not much larger than an ant, which feed on nectar and pollen. Dunedin *
11005-67021 Flax weevil (Anagotis fairburni) adult on flax. Once distributed across a wide range of habitats from the Three Kings south to Big South Cape Island off Stewart Island. Its habitat is now restricted to rodent-free islands and alpine areas. All life cycle stages are found on or near flax. On islands it feeds on common flax (Phormium tenax), while in the mountains it lives on mountain flax (Phormium colensoi). Maud Island *
