Insect Direct Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 i'll admit.......ive seen the frogs try it on :roll: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 just a bit of harmless voyeurism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 hard to miss, seen turtles try it on to. :roll: call it what you will :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 dolomedes aquaticus or? theyre only small, appx 10mm body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 minor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 minor? No, spider... These are minors... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 minor? maybe. looks like one of the two. will be interesting to see if they get much bigger. just found this big fly at the river (maybe similar to what the sparrow was eating) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 That fly looks a bit like the March fly that is native to Australia. The odd one may get blown over this way. http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/March-F ... mily/.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 That fly looks a bit like the March fly that is native to Australia. The odd one may get blown over this way. http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/March-F ... mily/.html Disagree. Different family. I'd say it's a relative of Adejeania vexatrix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adejeania_vexatrix Though it wouldn't be one, as we don't have them here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Not Strain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ginger Bristle Fly http://www.gmpl.co.nz/image-search/1/ginger-bristle-fly/ Their photos suck but same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 maybe. thats a hard one to find a good photo of online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 maybe. thats a hard one to find a good photo of online I know right It took me 1/2 an hour to find that, and they suck! Apparently nobody really cares about Ginger Bristle flies?? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Apparently nobody really cares about Ginger Bristle flies?? :roll: Maybe because they have no soul.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 are you trying to tell us something Ira :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 female of same weta species i posted earlier maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 NZ Giant Dragonfly, wingspan upto 13cm Can apparently eat upto 20 houseflies in an hour. (pic isnt the greatest, these were hard to get close to as they were almost always on the move, when they saw me coming anyway ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 I have a question regarding Praying mantis. I have one on my little lemon tree and it used to be green but have since turned yellow. Is that normal? I've only ever seen green ones or baby brown ones around here before but never full grown yellow one like this. I've also been finding a lot of small wasp like critters dead around the house. Every summer they manage to get in (even if the windows and doors of that room are closed almost 24/7) and just die near one of my always closed windows. They are about a 1cm long, shaped like a wasp, but without the extra long back legs, completely black, and makes a slight buzzing noise as they fly, usually buzzing quite loudly as the fly at my ceiling lights. I'll see if I can get a picture the one. Just always wondered what they are, my sis and I just call them 'wly's since they look like wasps, act a little more like flys, and i don't know WHY they always come in and die. Edit: Just thought I'd add a photo of the mantis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 thats cool, maybe trying to be a lemon maybe just a variant or camo, i no next to nothign about them though so maybe someone else has another idea. wouldnt mind keeping some actually, and stick insects not sure about the wasps sorry. other than if your house had been sprayed with insecticide in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 black and about 10mm - probably one of the solitary bees, my guess would be a masonry bee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Your mantis is the introduced South African one, slowly spreading south and displacing the natives. I didn't know they could change colour, but there definitely is a fair bit of colour variation amongst them, on a continuum from brown to green. The native mantis is quite straight-bodied, with a thorax a similar width to the abdomen (not waisted like your girl), is a solid dark green with bold blue ears on the inside of the forelimbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 the south africans go in the frog tank the native back in the bush natives are becoming harder to find in some areas up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 i havent gone out of my way to look, but havent seen any stick insects or praying mantis lerking down this way for years :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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