Bugs
Jun 26th 2010, 10:49 am
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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
We like the look of the North Canterbury area, will there be Bugs for her the larger the better
Jun 26th 2010, 11:42 am
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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
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Jun 26th 2010, 11:54 am
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Re: Bugs
My son may have different ideas
Jun 26th 2010, 12:01 pm
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Re: Bugs
Lovely 
Jun 27th 2010, 4:44 am
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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
this one got her lipstick on a wee bit squint!
pretty wee shield beetles
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!
loads of spiders
and wetas
I'm not a huge bug fan, but I do like taking pics of them!
We've got praying mantis all over the place
this one got her lipstick on a wee bit squint!
pretty wee shield beetles
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!
loads of spiders
and wetas
I'm not a huge bug fan, but I do like taking pics of them!
Jun 28th 2010, 9:42 am
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Re: Bugs
Jun 28th 2010, 9:55 am
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Re: Bugs
Our cat treated us to one of these
It had a wingspan of around 90mm, so not quite as big as it could have been
http://www.puketi.org.nz/kids/puriri-moth.html
It had a wingspan of around 90mm, so not quite as big as it could have been
http://www.puketi.org.nz/kids/puriri-moth.html
