Post AzW2Ca5q1vnMBeNaOu by joncounts@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AzW2Ca5q1vnMBeNaOu by joncounts@mastodon.nz
       2025-10-23T22:51:23Z
       
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       The American ragwort aphid is now up in the Christchurch Port Hills where it's feeding on native senecio plants. 😔 The species arrived in the city in autumn of 2019 and has been spreading since then. I found it last week on the top of Sugarloaf, which is the first record of the species in the hills beyond the city.Things are going to get complicated when the aphid arrives at NZ's at-risk populations of threatened endemic senecios.https://inaturalist.nz/observations/322653324#BiologicalInvasions #aphids #insects #nz #iNaturalistNZ
       
 (DIR) Post #AzW2Cb1yXmId5xa11E by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-10-23T23:16:16Z
       
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       @joncounts damn.