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Jon Sullivan on Nostr: Here are a couple of lesser known native NZ species, which I've uploaded to ...

Here are a couple of lesser known native NZ species, which I've uploaded to iNaturalist this week from my backlog of moth light photos from NZ's North Canterbury mountains.

Pseudoscorpions are minute ground-based predators that often hitch a ride on moths (they wait on flowers for a lift). We occasionally see them at moth lights where they've dropped off their rides. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339490489

The antlion was living in the sand under the shelter where we set up our moth light. Just like a lion, they live in a pit of loose sand and eat anything that falls in. Wait, no. Why are they called lions? They're more like a Sarlacc from Star Wars. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/339347432

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