Drhoz
@drhoz.bsky.social
Australian Insect Fanatic (and BritSF fan and Furry)
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So Disney deleted their post on Threads asking users to post Disney quotes that show how their feeling - I suspect this is because it didn't quite go as they expected but the internet is forever so, for your delectation and delight...
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
So Disney deleted their post on Threads asking users to post Disney quotes that show how their feeling - I suspect this is because it didn't quite go as they expected but the internet is forever so, for your delectation and delight...
A wall commissioned by geophysicist Frank Evison in 1964. It hasn't moved in all that time, which is just as well, since one end is on the Australian tectonic plate and the other on the Pacific.
January 20, 2026 at 7:08 AM
A wall commissioned by geophysicist Frank Evison in 1964. It hasn't moved in all that time, which is just as well, since one end is on the Australian tectonic plate and the other on the Pacific.
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After watching this on a loop for two minutes, I decided it needed a soundtrack
(source: Reddit; cat’s owner: beats me)
(source: Reddit; cat’s owner: beats me)
January 17, 2026 at 4:18 AM
After watching this on a loop for two minutes, I decided it needed a soundtrack
(source: Reddit; cat’s owner: beats me)
(source: Reddit; cat’s owner: beats me)
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We’re visiting a high-school friend of my wife and LOOK AT THIS PAINTING HER DAUGHTER DID
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
We’re visiting a high-school friend of my wife and LOOK AT THIS PAINTING HER DAUGHTER DID
The Glowworm Forest next to Fox Glacier township
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
The Glowworm Forest next to Fox Glacier township
Again with the giant chelicerae! A third NZ Harvestman who's overdoing things. Pale palps on this one. Fox Glacier township.
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Again with the giant chelicerae! A third NZ Harvestman who's overdoing things. Pale palps on this one. Fox Glacier township.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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#TeamTadpoleShrimp (Kouraura wai)!!!!
I also voted for Otago alpine cockroach and Waitomo cave weta
#invertebrates @mossworm.bsky.social
I also voted for Otago alpine cockroach and Waitomo cave weta
#invertebrates @mossworm.bsky.social
Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year
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Are you a hellraiser mite or a knobbled weevil? Take the quiz and vote for NZ’s Bug of the Year
Take the personality quiz to match with one of NZ’s larger-than-life little creatures, then cast your vote.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
#TeamTadpoleShrimp (Kouraura wai)!!!!
I also voted for Otago alpine cockroach and Waitomo cave weta
#invertebrates @mossworm.bsky.social
I also voted for Otago alpine cockroach and Waitomo cave weta
#invertebrates @mossworm.bsky.social
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Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
Gastrodia sp. - leafless orchids that parasitise fungi.
Manapouri, on the edge of Fiordland
Manapouri, on the edge of Fiordland
January 11, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Gastrodia sp. - leafless orchids that parasitise fungi.
Manapouri, on the edge of Fiordland
Manapouri, on the edge of Fiordland
Apologies for the lack of updates on the NZ trip, we had no internet for the better half of a week there (nor milk within 70km) and then the internet connection on Rakiura was ABYSMAL. Also now still seasick since Foveaux Strait has heavy swell coming from two directions. Ugh.
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Apologies for the lack of updates on the NZ trip, we had no internet for the better half of a week there (nor milk within 70km) and then the internet connection on Rakiura was ABYSMAL. Also now still seasick since Foveaux Strait has heavy swell coming from two directions. Ugh.
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Let’s just assume @tkingfisher.com has already seen this and save ourselves some time.
January 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Let’s just assume @tkingfisher.com has already seen this and save ourselves some time.
Rakiura Kiwi taking advantage of mowed areas and enough rain to soften the ground
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Rakiura Kiwi taking advantage of mowed areas and enough rain to soften the ground
iNaturalist observation #10000 - a ridonkulously huge fern on Rakiura / Stewart Island. Those fronds are over 4m long.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
iNaturalist observation #10000 - a ridonkulously huge fern on Rakiura / Stewart Island. Those fronds are over 4m long.
*crashes into bed at 1:30AM after a late night kiwi-watching trek and being chased around the sand dunes at 20kph by an irate sealion*
January 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
*crashes into bed at 1:30AM after a late night kiwi-watching trek and being chased around the sand dunes at 20kph by an irate sealion*
Aotearoa Roadkill Bingo - Possum, hedgehog, rabbit, wallaby, swamp harrier, stoat, sheep, swamp hen, sparrow, magpie. Three guesses how many are native
January 5, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Aotearoa Roadkill Bingo - Possum, hedgehog, rabbit, wallaby, swamp harrier, stoat, sheep, swamp hen, sparrow, magpie. Three guesses how many are native
Another harvestman with completely ridiculous chelicerae - Pantopsalis sp, on the side of the house where we're staying near Curio Bay, NZ
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Another harvestman with completely ridiculous chelicerae - Pantopsalis sp, on the side of the house where we're staying near Curio Bay, NZ
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
Bushy Point, the first time I've been on a shingle beach. Bonus Wet Doggo and birbs.
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Bushy Point, the first time I've been on a shingle beach. Bonus Wet Doggo and birbs.
And this was the first time I've seen a karst landscape not completely overgrown, too. I suppose I have the sheep to thank for that.
Elephant Rocks, another Waitaki Whitestone Geopark site. Or possibly a nursery for Narguns.
Elephant Rocks, another Waitaki Whitestone Geopark site. Or possibly a nursery for Narguns.
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
And this was the first time I've seen a karst landscape not completely overgrown, too. I suppose I have the sheep to thank for that.
Elephant Rocks, another Waitaki Whitestone Geopark site. Or possibly a nursery for Narguns.
Elephant Rocks, another Waitaki Whitestone Geopark site. Or possibly a nursery for Narguns.
Another landform to tick off - the Earthquakes graben, one of the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark sites, where a large section of the hillside went for a wander, and opened up a chasm promptly filled with chunks of more of it.
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Another landform to tick off - the Earthquakes graben, one of the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark sites, where a large section of the hillside went for a wander, and opened up a chasm promptly filled with chunks of more of it.
The Moeraki Boulders, interesting concretion being weathered out of seacliffs north of Dunedin.
Purrdence, I, and some friends of ours stopped here for lunch and geology on our way up to Oamaru.
Purrdence, I, and some friends of ours stopped here for lunch and geology on our way up to Oamaru.
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The Moeraki Boulders, interesting concretion being weathered out of seacliffs north of Dunedin.
Purrdence, I, and some friends of ours stopped here for lunch and geology on our way up to Oamaru.
Purrdence, I, and some friends of ours stopped here for lunch and geology on our way up to Oamaru.
Forsteropsalis sp. probably, although Shelob inconstans (yes, named after the daughter of Ungoliant, but this was in the Nicols Creek gorge not Cirith Ungol) is quite similar. Either way I'm sure the ladies will be very impressed by his chelicerae.
December 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Forsteropsalis sp. probably, although Shelob inconstans (yes, named after the daughter of Ungoliant, but this was in the Nicols Creek gorge not Cirith Ungol) is quite similar. Either way I'm sure the ladies will be very impressed by his chelicerae.