So, why a #psyllid?
This fantastic species lived hiding in plain sight for almost 100 years, until we could discover it using DNA barcoding 🧪.
Until that moment, the #HobbitPsyllid lived on beautiful #Kowhai trees together with a closely related species.
Photo of 2 Kōwhai tree flowers. Text reads: Kōwhai. Spring flowers that Tūī love to feed from. #spring #kowhai #nztrees #authorlife
Kōwhai.
Spring flowers that Tūī love to feed from.
#spring #kowhai #nztrees #authorlife
Photo of 2 Kōwhai tree flowers. Text reads: Kōwhai. Spring flowers that Tūī love to feed from. #spring #kowhai #nztrees #authorlife
Kōwhai.
Spring flowers that Tūī love to feed from.
#spring #kowhai #nztrees #authorlife
Is this the world's first kowhai moth detecting cat?!? I'm collecting larvae at home to rear at the lab for an ecology project. Pepper helps find the ones that drop to the ground. #entomology #predatorfreenz #kowhai #bugs #catswithjobs #indoorcat
Closeup of yellow Kōwhai flowers
Closeup of yellow Kōwhai flowers
Kōwhai flowers in the neighbourhood.
(Kōwhai also means yellow in Te Reo Māori, unsurprisingly.)
#kowhai #flower #somethingBeautiful #yellow
