Peripatus, sometimes called velvet worms are stumpy-legged invertebrates that look like caterpillars and live on the forest floor.
There would be no life on Earth without invertebrates, but they are understudied and underappreciated. The Bug of the Year competition aims to change that, so have your say and vote!
Scientists at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research collect and store various insect specimens for use as a reference collection. They use these for research and biosecurity.
Do you love insects and puzzles? This is your chance to make entomology history. We need help matching thousands of specimens to their records from three handwritten books by New Zealand entomologist George Hudson. Curator Terrestrial Invertebrates Julia Kasper explains the details.
Pepeke is an animal grouping within te ao Māori. This group name equates to the insect world and calls to whakapapa in the concept of aitanga – living creatures descending from the primordial atua who are the supernatural origins of the natural world.
Happy Arachtober, the month of spiders! Dr Fiona Cross, or "Doctor Spider", introduces us to some cute jumping spiders commonly found in New Zealand.
Researcher Rosa Henderson from Landcare Research NZ Ltd introduces the tiny scale insects and talks about their role in the ecosystem.
Shireplitis bilboi is new species of native wasp named after Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit. This tiny wasp is small, short and stout – just like a hobbit.
Introduced wasps cause all sort of problems for people and native species, but did you know we have native wasps in New Zealand?
A male giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) guards a female giraffe weevil. The males have antennae at the tip of their snout-like mouthparts. The females use their mouthparts to bite holes in tree trunks to lay eggs. Their antennae are located further up the head so they are not damaged during this process. Learn more about these amazing creatures in this animated video on YouTube.
Wētā motels come in many shapes and sizes – what kind will you build?
Ladybirds (from the Coleoptera order) are an invasive species. Originally from eastern Asia, they are now spread throughout New Zealand and are often regarded as a pest. Ladybirds eat other insects, including scale insects and the eggs and larvae of butterflies and moths, and they also consume pollen, nectar, fruit juices and honeydew. A female ladybird lays around 1,000–2,000 eggs in her lifetime.
The German wasp (Vespula germanica) arrived in New Zealand in the Waikato with aircraft parts in 1945 and rapidly spread to become a significant pest.
What is a bug? Strictly speaking, a bug is an insect in the group Hemiptera – it must have piercing mouthparts. Cicadas are Hemiptera, but spiders aren’t.
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