#streaktail

[harleycrittercorner]

Oblique Streaktail

[luckynein]

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[auroraclangen]

AURORACLAN - MOON 17

Some more minor events: Cindertooth misstepped and slipped from a rock, dislocating a joint. Leopardstar has gotten heat exhaustion. Primrosefleck can walk and move without pain, their sprain must have healed. Rimepaw was seen speaking with a loner. Floodnut has been spending time with Rimepaw lately. Silverpaw wonders what Whirlpaw thinks about mates.

New layout and art style!! :D

I would’ve drawn more of the events that happened this moon, but sadly I haven’t had as much time to draw now that the school holidays are over, but I’ll definitely still try to post as often as I can :)

[luckynein]

Streaktail + ant I found while watching the ants farm aphids this morning.

[crudlynaturephotos]

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[drhoz]

#2601 - EDIT: Anu una ( not Allograpta sp. - Streaktail Hoverfly)

EDIT: Turns out this is probably Anu una instead, a related species, endemic to the South Island going by the iNaturalist records. A monotypic genus.

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A very large and diverse genus of hoverflies found throughout the world except the Palearctic. The adults are usually brightly coloured pollinators. Larvae are usually predators of aphids and relatted insects, although some are leaf-miners, stem-borers or pollen-feeders.

The genus and its relatives are currently being studied using both molecular and morphological methods, and it's already clear that the entire genus and its relatives will need a thorough overhaul.

Arthur's Pass, Aotearoa New Zealand.