Contents

Contents : introduction -- how many species -- where are insects and spiders found (habitats - seashore and coast - forest - freshwater - alpine) -- unique insects and their origin -- flightless insects -- you can’t see me (nocturnal) -- how to use this book -- glossary -- SPECIES : Spiders (black tunnelweb - garden wolf - nurseryweb - garden orbweb - white-tailed - katipo - sheetweb - square-ended crab - black-headed jumping - vagrant) -- Damselfly (red - blue) -- Dragonfly (sentry - bush giant) -- Cockroach (bush - black) -- New Zealand drywood termite -- Seashore earwig -- Large green stonefly -- Stick insects (Prickly - smooth) -- Migratory locust -- New Zealand grasshopper -- Weta (Mahoenui giant - Mountain stone - Auckland tree - Auckland cave) -- Black field cricket -- Katydid -- Mole cricket -- Variegated spittle bug -- Cicada (chorus - High alpine) -- sooty beech scale -- New Zealand praying mantis -- Dobsonfly -- Lacewing (Antlion - Tasmanian) -- Beetle (Metallic green ground - common tiger) -- Longhorn (Striped - squeaking) -- Lemon tree borer -- Huhu beetle -- Flower longhorn -- Weevil (Giraffe - fourspined) -- Helms’ stag beetle -- Grass-grub -- sand scarab -- Manuka beetle -- Chafer (Tanguru - mumu) -- Devil’s coach horse beetle -- Glowworm -- blackfly -- common midge -- Hoverfly (Three-lined - large) Robber fly -- New Zealand blue blowfly -- Moth (Puriri - Porina - Magpie - North Island lichen - cabbage tree) Butterfly (tussock ringlet - red admiral - common copper) -- Moth (silver Y - green lichen - lichen bag - common bag - Kowhai - Convolvulus hawk) -- Hairy colletid bee -- Southern ant -- Wasp (Orange ichneumonid - Lemon tree borer parasite - Large black hunting - Mason) -- black cockroach hunter -- bibliography -- index.