New Zealand Invertebrates

DSC_8890 Cromwell chafer (Prodontria lewisii) flightless. The only beetle to have a protected reserve devoted to it. Discovered about 1900, and so far only in rough pasture around Cromwell *

DSC8890Cromwell chaferProdontrialewisiiflightlessendangeredbeetleprotectedreserverough pastureCromwell