The second half of life..

By twigs

Slug bug

Busy day of catching up on camera club stuff - whew!  Getting there though, and I'm sure the effort will be worth it in the long run.

I'd noticed these wee things recently and thought I'd grab a pic whilst one was sitting (lying....crawling....slithering...?) in a reasonably accessible position.  It's like this one I saw a while back, just not as hairy.  Thanks to keenken who identified that one as a steelblue ladybug larva, I'm thinking this is probably a fungus-eating lady-bug larva as there are plenty of those about.  Interestingly, according to iNaturalistfungus-eating ladybirds are a non-native species in the North Island of New Zealand, first introduced to Auckland in 1985.......about the same time I arrived so we have something in common!

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