{"id":13968,"date":"2021-03-28T07:39:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T19:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=13968"},"modified":"2021-04-04T21:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T09:36:20","slug":"rotorua-redwoods-macro-mission-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/13968","title":{"rendered":"Rotorua Redwoods Macro Mission 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5080-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5080-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Banded Tunnelweb Spider (Hexathele hochstetteri)\" class=\"wp-image-13975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5080-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5080-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5080-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Banded Tunnelweb Spider (<em>Hexathele spp<\/em>.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/13951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initial exploration of a road edge in the Rotorua Redwoods<\/a>, our next mission was in an area of mixed forest which included some eucalypts. Earth banks were a great spot for tunnelweb and sheetweb spiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5131-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5131-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo showing a Banded Tunnelweb Spider (Hexathele hochstetteri) sitting in the entrance to its tunnel web.\" class=\"wp-image-13976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5131-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5131-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TunnelwebSpider-D5C_5131-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Banded Tunnelweb Spider (<em>Hexathele spp.<\/em>) sitting in the entrance to its tunnel web.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aroma of eucalypts along with the number of wallabies and possums seen created an impression of Australia but the endemic invertebrates made it clear that we were in Aotearoa\/New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SheetwebSpider-D5C_5117-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SheetwebSpider-D5C_5117-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Sheetweb Spider (Cambridgea spp)\" class=\"wp-image-13973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SheetwebSpider-D5C_5117-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SheetwebSpider-D5C_5117-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/SheetwebSpider-D5C_5117-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Male Sheetweb Spider (<em>Cambridgea foliata<\/em>) showing bulbous chelicerea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferns along the track hosted other invertebrates and opportunities arose to photograph native Leaf-veined Slugs and Native Bush Cockroach. The shiny surfaces of both providing a good challenge for the effectiveness of the the flash diffuser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cockroach-D5C_5049-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cockroach-D5C_5049-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Native Bush Cockroach\" class=\"wp-image-13970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cockroach-D5C_5049-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cockroach-D5C_5049-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Cockroach-D5C_5049-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Native Bush Cockroach (<em>Celatoblatta spp<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"photo of a Leaf-veined Slug\" class=\"wp-image-13971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Leaf-veinedSlug-D5C_5045-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Leaf-veined Slug<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dropping down the hillside after the climb the habitat changed and different species were available as subjects. The range of microhabitats is intriguing and significant changes occur in small distances with changes in elevation and aspect. It reminded me of a conversation I had with a biologist returning from Macquarie Island as I was heading to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/6092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Zealand Subantarctics<\/a>. She had been studying microhabitats around individual plants and taking gaseous samples to assess the nature of the habitat created by the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Tailed Forest Spider \" class=\"wp-image-13974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TailedForestspider-D5C_5254-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tailed Forest Spider (<em>Arachnura feredayi<\/em>) with caddisfly prey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tailed Forest Spiders are quite unique with their extended abdomen. They are probably historically self introduced by ballooning from Tasmania where similar species exist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo of Large Brown Vagrant Spider\" class=\"wp-image-13977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VagrantSpider-D5C_5414-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Large Brown Vagrant Spider (<em>Uliodon albopunctatus<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vagrant spiders are active hunters and potentially aggressive with a painful bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos with Nikon D500, 60mm micro Nikkor lens, SB900 flash and homemade diffuser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another exploration of the invertebrates of the Rotorua Redwoods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Another exploration of the invertebrates of the Rotorua Redwoods","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,256,29],"tags":[829,836,838,837,258,743,827,830,221,833,218,609,831,835,828,834,839],"class_list":["post-13968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invertebrates","category-macro","category-new-zealand","tag-arachnid","tag-cockroach","tag-endemic-invertebrate","tag-leaf-veined-slug","tag-macro","tag-macro-flash","tag-macro-photography","tag-new-zealand-spider","tag-nikon","tag-nikon-60mm-macro","tag-nikon-d500","tag-nikonnz","tag-orb-web-spider","tag-sheetweb-spider","tag-spider","tag-tunnelweb-spider","tag-vagrant-spider","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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