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Kahuwai | Black Tunnelweb Spider
Porrhothele antipodiana
North Auckland Worm
Spenceriella gigantea
Canterbury Knobbled Weevil
Hadramphus tuberculatus
Blue Damselfly
Austrolestes colensonis
Amber Snail
Succinea archeyi
Tokoriro | Waitomo Cave Wētā
Pachyrhamma waitomoense
Sapphire Spider Fly
Apsona muscaria
Kihikihi | Iolanthe Cicada
Maoricicada iolanthe
Taranga Pill Woodlouse
Cubaris tarangensis
Avatar Moth
Arctesthes avatar
Kouraura wai | Tadpole Shrimp
Lepidurus apus viridis
Hellraiser Mite
Neotrichozetes spinulosa
New Zealand Flatworm
Arthurdendyus triangulatus
Hunchbacked Shelf Wasp
Stylaclista quasimodo
Double-Spined Stick Insect
Micrarchus hystriculeus
Giant Pill Millipede
Procyliosoma tuberculatum
Intertidal Caddisfly
Philanisus plebeius
Otago Alpine Cockroach
Celatoblatta quinquemaculata
Mahoenui Giant Wētā
Deinacrida mahoenui
Hobbit Psyllid
Psylla frodobagginsi
Mata | Seashore Earwig
Anisolabis littorea

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