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Kōrero: Collections of plants and animals

Arthropod collection

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Arthropod collection

Trevor Crosby, curator of the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (Ko te Aitanga Pēpeke o Aotearoa), holds up a tray of native ground beetles. The collection is held by Landcare Research and contains about 6.5 million specimens.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua

by B. E. Rhode

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Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Simon Nathan, Collections of plants and animals – Identifying plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12132/arthropod-collection (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.