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8 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
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rehearsal was hosted by Rolleston College. Science teacher and kapa<br />
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Darfield High to the group. He said the practice was focused on learning<br />
the waiata aringa (song), Ngā Manu ā Tāne, and the haka wahine<br />
(female haka). The next group practice will be at Lincoln High School. A<br />
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BACKYARD CRITTERS<br />
Mike Bowie is an ecologist who specialises in entomology<br />
(insects and other invertebrates). Each week he introduces<br />
a new species found in his backyard at Lincoln. His column<br />
aims to raise public awareness of biodiversity, the variety of<br />
living things around us. Check out the full list of invertebrates<br />
found at www.inaturalist.org/projects/backyard-biodiversity-bugs-in-mylincoln-section<br />
Household ant a minor pest<br />
WE HAVE approximately<br />
44 ant species in New<br />
Zealand, however, only a<br />
quarter are endemic to our<br />
shores.<br />
Most of the other 33<br />
introduced species are from<br />
Australia and we can expect<br />
to see more of their massive<br />
1300 species here in the<br />
future with milder winters<br />
and hotter summers.<br />
The black household ant<br />
(Ochetellus glaber) is one<br />
of these ants and was first<br />
recorded in Whangarei in<br />
1927, but by 1943 was well<br />
established in Auckland.<br />
It has slowly moved<br />
south reaching Nelson<br />
around 2005 and Christchurch<br />
around 2013. The<br />
species has been regularly<br />
PROLIFIC: The black<br />
household ant is well<br />
established in New<br />
Zealand.<br />
intercepted from Australia<br />
and is often associated<br />
with plant materials such<br />
as wooden poles, fruits and<br />
plants.<br />
It is also found in China,<br />
India, Japan, the United<br />
States, Philippines, Lord<br />
Howe Island, New Caledonia,<br />
Norfolk Islands, New<br />
Hebrides, Solomon Islands,<br />
India and Réunion.<br />
The worker ants are<br />
brown or black in colour,<br />
2-2.5mm in length and<br />
have 12-segmented antennae.<br />
Ochetellus glaber is an<br />
arboreal nester and can<br />
be observed forming long<br />
trails up trees, fence-posts<br />
and buildings, occasionally<br />
coming inside houses.<br />
The ants are omnivores,<br />
feeding on honeydew<br />
produced by aphids, mealy<br />
bugs and scale insects, but<br />
also dead animals, plants,<br />
seeds and fat.<br />
Although considered<br />
a minor pest, it does not<br />
sting but does have a<br />
characteristic odour when<br />
squashed.<br />
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