New Zealand Invertebrates

11005-11919 Trotters Gorge peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') group communally feeding on a dead cave weta (Pleioplectron simplex). The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It is widespread through a range of habitat, from beech forest near Outram, and urban areas (including tip sites) in Dunedin, through the tussock grasslands of Danseys Pass to its northern limits in the mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests of Peel Forest. Trotters Gorge *

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11005-11919 Trotters Gorge peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') group communally feeding on a dead cave weta (Pleioplectron simplex). The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It is widespread through a range of habitat, from beech forest near Outram, and urban areas (including tip sites) in Dunedin, through the tussock grasslands of Danseys Pass to its northern limits in the mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests of Peel Forest. Trotters Gorge *

communal velvet worm Onychophora live bearer