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Heather beetle

Close up of a Heather beetle on top of a plant.

Heather beetles were imported from the UK and introduced in Tongariro National Park in 1996 to help control heather, a pest plant that had been brought to New Zealand in 1912.

Rights: Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research, CC-BY 4.0
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