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  1. 15-10-2022, 07:27 PM #1
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    What's this fella?

    About inch longName: IMG_20221015_135328.jpg Views: 433 Size: 1.36 MB
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  3. 15-10-2022, 07:41 PM #2
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    Looks like a mutated manauka beetle

    Possibly this MD ?



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  4. 15-10-2022, 08:02 PM #3
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    Sorry that turned out rubbish...

    Google 'Coleoptera'



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    way longer than a manuka beetle and body is more segmented.....funny he was on track and we spotted him on way up..then relocated it on way back down 4 hours later...
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    You didn't have to take a picture of it on your tongue MD.
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    you shouldve gone to specsavers...thats my hairy leg LOL...
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    I know it's your leg lol. I would have said Hydraenidae but this beetle is much larger.
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    Got to be caused by global warming
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
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    Megadromus antarcticus or Alexander Beetle I found one a while back and that's what I came up with
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    Megadromus antarcticus - a large ground beetle (fam. Carabidae) endemic to Canterbury, South Island of NZ.
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megadromus_antarcticus
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    Quote Originally Posted by Billbob View Post
    Megadromus antarcticus or Alexander Beetle I found one a while back and that's what I came up with
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    thankyou fine fellows,I shall be able to sleep tonight,knowing its not some weird creation LOL.
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    Hahaha, Google is my memory lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Micky Duck View Post
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    Our chickens would describe it a crunchy black beetle and quickly make an egg using it.
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