Bottle Lake Forest – Wetland, Trip #77

On the 20th of August (2018) we went to Bottle Lake Forest again, but this time we looked at an area of wetland. There were a surprising number of small animals in the water.

(The yellow specks in many of the photos are pollen, which was prolific.)

Animals

Ostracod / Seed shrimp

Ostracod (Family Ostracod) –  a tiny crustacean.

Two different ostracods (Class Ostracoda).

Daphnia / Water flea

Water flea (Family Daphniidae) – another tiny crustacean.

Fungus gnats

Dark-winged fungus gnat (Family Sciaridae).

Fungus gnat (Superfamily Sciaroidea).

Fungus gnat (Superfamily Sciaroidea).

Mosquito

Mosquito larvae (Family Culicidae).

Red damselfly

Red damselfly (Xanthocnemis zealandica) and an exoskeleton.

Moth

Wing from a moth (Order Lepidoptera).

Moth (Order Lepidoptera).

Beetles

A tiny unidentified beetle (Order Coleoptera).

Diving beetle

Diving beetle (Rhantus suturalis).

Globular springtail

Globular springtail (Order Symphypleona).

Acute bladder snail

Acute bladder snail (Physa acuta).

Birds

Birds we saw included Australasian swallows and harriers.

Australasian harrier (Circus approximans), in the distance…

Plants

Mosses

Unidentified moss (Bryophyte, possibly Thuidium furfurosum).

Unidentified moss (Bryophyte, possibly Rosulabryum subtomentosum).

Capsules on a moss.

 

Another unidentified moss (Bryophyta).

Monterey pine

Monterey pine seedling, growing in a crevice of another pine (Pinus radiata).

Gum from Monterey pine (Pinus radiata).

Lichens

Gold dust lichen

Gold dust lichen (Possibly Chrysothrix candelaris).

Beard lichen

Beard lichen (Usnea sp.).

Shield lichen

Shield lichen (Possibly Parmotrema perlatum).

 

Our thanks to the folk at iNaturalist NZ, for help with identifications.