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The cabbage tree looper, Epiphryne verriculata is well camouflaged (when correctly oriented) on the old leaves of its Cordyline host plant. Hamilton, NZ |
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In my annual reflection on the previous year I almost always seem to comment on just how busy I was. 2014 was the same, and as a result this is my first post pertaining to that year gone by! I enjoyed a challenging and rewarding year studying pollination with the
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, and in my free time I put in many hours working on manuscripts for publication and finishing some contracts from my freelance entomology days. All this meant that I was more likely to relax with some music or a novel than with computer screens and blog-writing, but I haven't set down the camera and I miss regular insect outreach!
I hope that 2014 has treated you well, and that you will enjoy a few of my favorite shots from last year!
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A Tetragonula stingless bee collects pollen from Macadamia flowers. Northern NSW, Australia |
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Cruising Salvin's albatross. Kaikoura NZ |
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Good for your eyes? A tabanid fly visiting carrot flowers is covered with grains of pollen. Canterbury, NZ |
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Head first. The endemic New Zealand mantis Orthodera novaezealandiae devours a crane fly. Hamilton, NZ |
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A raphidophorid weta ovipositing. Pukemokemoke, NZ |
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The slender owlet moth Rhapsa scotosialis is a common forest moth in NZ. The males and females are somewhat dissimilar in appearance. Pukemokemoke, NZ |
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Tree frog. Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia |
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The weevil Rhadinosomus acuminatus whose Latin name more or less translates to "fragile-bodied long, tapered." At first I was annoyed that this one had a broken antenna but now I think it's rather fitting. Waihi Beach, NZ |
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Aptly named 'emerald lakes' near the summit of Mt. Tongariro. Tongariro NP, NZ |
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Sunrise at Lake Mattheson with Aoraki shrouded in cloud. Near Fox Glacier, NZ |
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