New Zealand votes for 'bug' of the year

Aotearoa is home to thousands of fascinating insects, spiders, slugs, snails, centipedes, springtails and other “bugs”. These bugs make up more than half of New Zealand's animal diversity and many of them are found nowhere else on the planet! This year’s 21 nominees represent 4 Phyla (Annelida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Playhelminthes), 8 Classes, 19 Orders, and each nominee is the sole representative of its taxonomic Family. Nominees include the Hellraiser Mite and the intertidal Caddisfly. Check out the stories for each nominee on their website:

New Zealand Bug of the Year nominees

Sponsored by the Entomological Society of New Zealand

 

Website: New Zealand bug of the year