Tarphiomimus wollastoni Sharp, 1882
First of eleven reference specimens for Tarphiomimus sp. (sp. 0255).
IDENTIFICATION REFERENCE
Lord, N.P.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2014: Illustrated catalogue and type designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa, 3809(1): 1-127. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1 [See p. 63, and figs. 337-339]
One adult female wasp running fast on the road, showing little tendency to fly.
Cycleway/motorway boundary of Chamberlain Park Golf Course, Mount Albert, Auckland.
Scale on needles of Pinus sp.
Auckland Domain.
On Pinus pinea(?)
Aphobetus paucisetosus Berry, 1995
On foliage of Pittosporum eugenioides by pond.
I thought this one was dead too because it was flipped on its back and not moving... But when I picked it up it started moving
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1809]), larva, found in strawberries from Victoria, Aranda, ACT, 24 December 2015
Photos of various instars, taken daily on 17-24 December and 27 and 31 December 2015, and of pupa, on 5 and 6 January 2016
Separated from H. punctigera by dark "saddle" on dorsal side of first and second abdominal segments and pale setae behind head in final instar - characters given in Matthews, M., 1999, Heliothine Moths Of Australia (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, No. 7).