Bugs
 

My Daughter Hollie is 8 and is obsessed with Bugs (The Insect Kind) so i am wondering if you can tell me if she will or wont be disappointed.

We like the look of the North Canterbury area, will there be Bugs for her the larger the better :thumbsup:

Re: Bugs
 

Can't speak for the South Island but where we are we get loads of insects. Spiders, Weta's, Praying Mantis and Stick Insects to name but a few

This do you??

http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/y...0/IMG_1896.jpg

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Re: Bugs
 

more than enough !

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/re..._taxonomic.asp

Re: Bugs
 

I'll avoid showing this the wife and daughter!:eek: My son may have different ideas:D

Re: Bugs
 

Lovely :thumbup::thumbup:

Re: Bugs
 

Your daughter is going to love it here! And the good news is most of the wee buggy things aren't poisonous. Perhaps don't play with white tail spiders though.

We've got praying mantis all over the place
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...7at44153PM.png
this one got her lipstick on a wee bit squint!

pretty wee shield beetles
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...7at43250PM.png

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...7at43323PM.png
you'll see lots of cicada skins around the place and if she creeps up very slowly when you hear a cicada in the summer she'll probably see live ones!

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...7at43344PM.png
loads of spiders

and wetas
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...7at43513PM.png

I'm not a huge bug fan, but I do like taking pics of them! :D

Re: Bugs
 

I can only speak for the Bay of Plenty theres lots of weird and wonderful bugs especially in the summer months. :)

Re: Bugs
 

Our cat treated us to one of these:eek:
It had a wingspan of around 90mm, so not quite as big as it could have been:blink:
http://www.puketi.org.nz/kids/puriri-moth.html