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Green tree snail, Leptopoma perlucidum, Cyclophoridae

Found from South Asia to Australia

Photo 1 by tzulunhung, 2 by chih-wei_jack_chang, 3 by shuchen_huang, 4 by suchihfen, 5 by blackdogto, 6 by abujudy, 7 by daintree_rainforest, 8 by damontighe, 9 by ahan88, and 10 by joniyang

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Giant green pill millipede, Zoosphaerium neptunus, Sphaerotheriida

Found only in Madagascar, this species is the largest pill millipede in the world, sometimes reaching almost 4 inches in length. Although superficially resembling pill bug isopods (aka roly polies), they are not related.

Photos 1-2 by jujurenoult, 3-5 by kristofz, 6-7 by imbeaul, 8 by erlandreflingnielsen, 9 by hdmiller, and 10 by rjq

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We saw some good birds (and lizards tuatara) on our trip to Wellington last week! The Zealandia sanctuary is awesome.

The one I was most excited to see was the shining bronze cuckoo (green on the back, white and brown striped on the front in the photos above). As a child I learned about cuckoos laying their eggs in other birds' nests and leaving another species to raise them - but this is the first time I actually saw it in action! That baby cuckoo was sitting there going beep beep beep while a poor tiny grey warbler dashed around trying to find enough food for her giant son.

(Photos courtesy of my partner)

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Daisy flowers in my garden 🌸🌼

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Purple coneflowers (Echinacea) blooming in my garden 🌸🌸

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Puppy dog cookie 🐕

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Happy first day of Summer!☀️🏖😎🏵🌼

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Swamp Milkweed flowers 💐

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Highland Park

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Mint flowers 🌿

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Oregano and Milkweed plants buried under snow and sleeping during winter (top) and the same plants wide awake and growing during spring (bottom).😊❄️🌨🌸🌿🌧

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A little brown beetle resting on a daisy flower in my garden 🌼

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My two Tomato plants enjoying the outdoors! The taller one is a cherry tomato plant and the shorter one is a gold tomato plant. I'm going to transplant them soon!😊🌿🍅😎

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Three cherry blossom trees sleeping during winter (top), and the same trees awake and blooming during spring (bottom).❄️🌳🌸

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