r/NewZealandWildlife

We've covered this government's track record closely on r/nzpolitics over the last few years. Make sure you are enrolled to vote, and if you care about our nature, wildlife, and climate, I dare say we don't want this fossil fuel, mining, anti-evidence Coalition in power anymore. And remember, even thought they officially backed down on selling large parts of conservation land, Shane Jones has said National are looking to find alternative ways for them to do so, while NZ First swears they will bring that back

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I was attempting to feed this tunnel gal the other night when she fled out her back door from the mealworm and started frantically running around the enclosure scrambling at the walls (they can’t climb plastic so they just slide their legs up and down on the walls in a manner very similar to what my cat would do on the back door window to get let inside lol). I believe she is most likely getting ready to moult and that’s why she ran from her dinner..

Against my better judgment I couldn’t resist providing a finger for her to climb up. I say against my better judgment because especially with the smaller ones they end up running up your arms and onto your back or jumping onto the floor and hiding under things lol but this lady is one of my larger ones and she was really calm once she got onto my hands and moved at a nice slow stroll when she did move and sat still for photos in between.

Just a gorgeous animal, I love her so much!

Edit: I’d like to identify the butterfly (I assume it’s a butterfly) rather than the plant :)

Google just says that it’s a jumping spider lol

- Parliament Petition Link
Country wide, communities are uniting to call for the House of Representatives to terminate Fast-Track developments that are outside local and district plans. Fast track is being used as a bypass across New Zealand for housing developers to push housing into out of zone land, in some cases land zoned as such to prevent destruction of environmentally sensitive land, including wetlands, rivers and waterways, floodplains, coastal and estuarine environments, and habitats of threatened and endangered species. Many of these areas were never intended for large-scale development and are protected for good reason.

Land can be purchased at a lower price because its zoning restricts development, then Fast Track is used to bypass those restrictions and enable large-scale housing, creating far greater profits margins than developing land that is already appropriately zoned. Don’t be fooled by the developer spin that this is simply about getting consents faster.

Please share with family and friends to help us fight this!!

Anyone know what type of worm this is? Lifted up a tarp and he was chilling underneath

It’s tunnel time, I know you wanna tunnel but you can’t tunnel here!