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Critter of the Week
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'''Critter of the Week''' is a [[Radio New Zealand]] programme about threatened species of the biota of [[New Zealand]].
It was started in 2015. The programme is tied in with wikipedia articles about the species.
It is a weekly radio broadcast by [[Nicola Toki]] of the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] and host [[Jesse Mulligan]] on New Zealand species both endangered and neglected.<ref> https://ift.tt/2QxrHzd Critter of the Week</ref> Each week's broadcast is supported by improving the Wikipedia article for the species in question, as discussed in [https://ift.tt/2PkPcit this interview]. This project page exists so Wikipedians can see what needs work, and so interested parties (including the show's presenters) can see what has already been covered.
The ''Critter of the Week'' project was a lightning talk for the [https://ift.tt/2QzOPgH 2018 ESEAP Conference] in Bali, Indonesia.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:smaller"
!Common name
!Latin name
!Broadcast
!Status
|-
|''[[Xanthocryptus novozealandicus]]''
|[[Lemon tree borer parasite]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2GuW 26 Oct 2018]
|'''Stub'''
|-
|''[[Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda]]''
|[[Pygmy blue whale]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH4r9 19 Oct 2018]
|'''C''', needs expansion
|-
|''[[Powelliphanta augusta]]''
|[[Mt Augustus snail]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2lqw 12 Oct 2018]
|'''C''', needs updating and rewriting
|-
|''[[Tmesipteris horomaka]]''
|[[Banks Peninsula fork fern]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWje 5 Oct 2018]
|Needs creation; genus exists, needs improvement
|-
|''[[Wainuia urnula]]''
|[[New Zealand microsnails]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF3Tj 28 Sep 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs photos
|-
|''[[Heloxycanus patricki]]''
|[[Sphagnum porina moth]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QAOQAU 21 Sep 2018]
|'''Start'''
|-
|''[[Ranunculus viridis]]''
|[[Mt Allen buttercup]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUdqG 14 Sep 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs expansion
|-
|''[[Antipathella fiordensis]]''
|[[Black coral]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOpHm 7 Sept 2018]
|'''Start''', added photos
|-
|''[[Pterodroma axillaris]]''
|[[Chatham petrel]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PnT8is 31 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs photos and more info
|-
|[[Hamilton's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hamiltoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfvgp 24 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs expansion and more images
|-
|[[Waiuatua]]
|''[[Euphorbia glauca]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2JXE 17 Aug 2018]
|'''Stub'''
|-
|[[Burgan skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma burganae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAbnC 10 Aug 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs expansion and photo
|-
|[[Antipodes parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus unicolor]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmXuGN 3 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs expansion
|-
|[[New Zealand fish-guts plant]]
|''[[Chenopodium detestans]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdUrC 27 Jul 2018]
|Needs creation
|-
|[[New Zealand glowworm]]
|''[[Arachnocampa luminosa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFjd 20 Jul 2018]
|'''OK''' but needs a good edit
|-
|[[Southern right whale]]
|''[[Eubalaena australis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJaj 13 Jul 2018]
|'''B''', could do with editing
|-
|[[New Zealand hagfish]]
|''[[Eptatretus cirrhatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHc7 6 Jul 2018]
|'''OK''', needs cleanup
|-
|[[Eyelash seaweed]]
|''[[Dione arcuata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7CsH 29 Jun 2018]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Red-billed gull]]
|''[[Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF1Lb 22 Jun 2018]
|(needs work)
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater crab]]
|''[[Amarinus lacustris]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOQRN 15 Jun 2018]
|'''OK''', added info and pic
|-
|[[Speargrass weevil]]
|''[[Lyperobius huttoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7vnu 8 Jun 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand falcon]]
|''[[Falco novaeseelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5mB4 1 Jun 2018]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Slender button daisy]]
|''[[Leptinella filiformis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRa1F 25 May 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[Rangatira spider]]
|''[[Dolomedes schauinslandi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvp6WI 18 May 2018]
|'''OK''', updated
|-
|[[White-bellied skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma hoparatea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRbTh 11 May 2018]
|(need creation)
|-
|[[Northland green gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus grayii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOpXS 4 May 2018]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Kōtuku]]
|''[[Ardea alba modesta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2ni8 27 Apr 2018]
|'''OK''', needs note on taxonomy
|-
|[[Giant kōkopu]]
|''[[Galaxias argenteus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qz7j0N 20 Apr 2018]
|'''Improved'''
|-
|[[Shrubby tororaro]]
|''[[Muehlenbeckia astonii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpuJt1 13 Apr 2018]
|'''Expanded'''
|-
|[[Pseudoscorpion]]s
|[[Pseudoscorpiones]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUSAI 6 Apr 2018]
|'''Pretty good'''
|-
|[[Teviot flathead galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias "Teviot"]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUGZz 23 Mar 2018]
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[Bonking grass moth]]
|''[[Asaphodes frivola]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAjFs 16 Mar 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[Toheroa]]
|''[[Paphies ventricosa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUF7X 9 Mar 2018]
|(Desperately needs expansion)
|-
|[[Mottled petrel]]
|''[[Pterodroma inexpectata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH4HF 2 Mar 2018]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Te Kakahu skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma tekakahu]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpuNZN 23 Feb 2018]
|'''Expanded, refs, pic'''
|-
|[[Paua slug]]
|''[[Schizoglossa novoseelandica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAOSJ2 16 Feb 2018]
|(needs tidying up and more photos)
|-
|Prostrate tangle broom
|''[[Carmichaelia juncea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm2JpT 9 Feb 2018]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Swamp helmet orchid]]
|''[[Corybas carsei]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfwRv 2 Feb 2018]
|'''Created, sourced pics'''
|-
|[[Cabbage tree moth]]
|''[[Epiphryne verriculata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZbx 26 Jan 2018]
|'''Added pic and more info'''
|-
|New Zealand native [[bees]]
|''[[Leioproctus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWzK 15 Dec 2017]
|(Only ''[[Leioproctus fulvescens]]'' exists)
|-
|New Zealand [[cicada]]s
|''[[Amphipsalta]]'', ''[[Rhodopsalta]]'', ''[[Maoricicada]]'', ''[[Notopsalta]]'', ''[[Kikihia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoJkf 8 Dec 2017]
|(Genera are all stubs, only a couple of species created)
|-
|[[Ōhau rock daisy]]
|''[[Pachystegia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzAdxE 1 Dec 2017]
|(needs creation if we can get photos)
|-
|[[Flax snail]]
|''[[Placostylus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmXjV 24 Nov 2017]
|(needs cleanup and expansion, and photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand long-tailed bat|Long-tailed bat]]
|''[[Chalinolobus tuberculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8Nr9 17 Nov 2017]
|'''OK''' (still needs photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand giant springtail|Giant springtail]]
|''[[Holacanthella]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2jBjgXW 10 Nov 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Cook's scurvy grass]]
|''[[Lepidium oleraceum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvp5C8 3 Nov 2017]
|(needs pics)
|-
|[[South Island lichen moth]]
|''[[Declana egregia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHsD 27 Oct 2017]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand giant centipede|Giant centipede]]
|''[[Cormocephalus rubriceps]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7EAP 20 Oct 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Wrybill]]
|''[[Anarhynchus frontalis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF49P 13 Oct 2017]
|'''OK''' (needs work)
|-
|[[Chevron skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma homalonotum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8P2f 6 Oct 2017]
|'''Short but OK'''
|-
|[[Pāua]]
|''[[Haliotis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFzJ 29 Sep 2017]
|'''Reasonable'''
|-
|[[Hochstetter's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hochstetteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzbGch 22 Sep 2017]
|'''OK''' (needs updating)
|-
|[[Kakabeak]]
|''[[Clianthus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjAK9 15 Sep 2017]
|'''OK''' (both spp. need expansion and rewrite)
|-
|[[Leopard seal]]
|''[[Hydrurga leptonyx]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBzsj 8 Sep 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Bat-winged fly]]
|''[[Exsul singularis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2vApY5N 1 Sep 2017]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Back beach beetle]]
|''[[Bembidion tillyardi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOPxd 25 Aug 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Tuatara]]
|''[[Sphenodon punctatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0ok 18 Aug 2017]
|'''Good Article'''
|-
|[[Kawakawa looper moth]]
|''[[Cleora scriptaria]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQbIU 11 Aug 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Eldon's galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias eldoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlkuWG 4 Aug 2017]
|'''expanded, added images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand fur seal|Fur seal]]
|''[[Arctocephalus forsteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQdk0 28 Jul 2017]
|'''added image'''
|-
|[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii|Vegetable caterpillar]]
|''[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRcqj 21 Jul 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Tardigrade]]
|[[Tardigrada]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBxRd 14 Jul 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Northern giant petrel]]
|''[[Macronectes halli]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Po6YBi 7 Jul 2017]
|'''Improved'''
|-
|[[Jewelled gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus gemmeus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QurZXv 30 Jun 2017]
|Needs expansion
|-
|[[Great white shark]]
|''[[Carcharodon carcharias]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZs3 23 Jun 2017]
|'''Good'''
|-
|[[Dog vomit slime mold]]
|''[[Fuligo septica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfvNr 16 Jun 2016]
|'''OK''' (Need XKCD reference)
|-
|[[Bubblegum coral]]
|''[[Paragorgia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm2H1f 9 Jun 2017]
|(NZ species may not exist, just Atlantic?)
|-
|[[Blind electric ray]]
|''[[Typhlonarke aysoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5mRA 2 Jun 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[ Chatham Islands forget-me-not]]
|''[[Myosotidium hortensia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoJAL 26 May 2017]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[New Zealand mole cricket|Mole cricket]]
|''[[Triamescaptor aotea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH3DB 19 May 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Kauri snail]]
|''[[Paryphanta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2EmE 12 May 2017]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Castle Hill buttercup]]
|''[[Ranunculus paucifolius]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfx81 5 May 2017]
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[New Zealand sea lion]]
|''[[Phocarctos hookeri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjRQVI 28 Apr 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|New Zealand large carabids
|''[[Mecodema]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2odo9rW 21 Apr 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Spirits Bay liverwort]]
|''[[Frullania wairua]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUHwB 7 Apr 2017]
|(needs creation)
|-
|New Zealand sundews
|''[[Drosera stenopetala]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAjVY 1 Apr 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Fiordland penguin]]
|''[[Eudyptes pachyrhynchus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2lXy 24 Mar 2017]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Harlequin gecko]]
|''[[Tukutuku rakiurae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxFZQl 17 Mar 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Torrentfish]]
|''[[Cheimarrichthys fosteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFQf 10 Mar 2017]
|'''added photos'''
|-
|Child's grasshopper
|''[[Sigaus childi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzraNk 3 Mar 2017]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Malherbe's parakeet|Orange-fronted parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus malherbi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHJ9 24 Feb 2017]
|'''OK, some edits'''
|-
|[[Mokohinau stag beetle]]
|''[[Geodorcus ithaginis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzAdOa 17 Feb 2017]
|'''improved, added photo'''
|-
|[[Yellow-footed antechinus|Mardo]]
|''[[Antechinus flavipes]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0EQ 10 Feb 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[New Zealand fairy tern]]
|''[[Sternula nereis davisae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWQg 3 Feb 2017]
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|Sooty beech scale insects
|''[[Ultracoelostoma]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PiIfOS 27 Jan 2017]
|(Genus and species need creation)
|-
|[[Puriri moth]]
|''[[Aenetus virescens]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOPNJ 23 Dec 2016]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Chesterfield skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma]]'' sp.
|[https://ift.tt/2Po6YRO 16 Dec 2016]
|(needs creation – only a tag name?)
|-
|Cooper's black potato orchid
|''[[Gastrodia cooperae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzbERH 9 Dec 2016]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Werewere-kokako]]
|''[[Entoloma hochstetteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7yja 2 Dec 2016]
|'''OK'''
|-
|Fischer's egg
|''[[Claustula fischeri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7yja 2 Dec 2016]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Nudibranchs]]
|[[Nudibranchia]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOquU 25 Nov 2016]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Bluff weta]]
|[[Deinacrida elegans|''Deinacrida elegans'']]
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZIz 18 Nov 2016]
|(oh God, what a mess)
|-
|Fred the Thread
|''[[Houdinia flexilissima]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJHl 11 Nov 2016]
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|[[Maud Island frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma pakeka]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PltWZT 4 Nov 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|Mistletoes
|''[[Korthalsella salicornioides]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5LJ 28 Oct 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Coxella weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus spinipennis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjB0F 21 Oct 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Austral snipe|Snipe]]
|''[[Coenocorypha]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAdvK 14 Oct 2016]
|'''OK''' (could use more photos)
|-
|[[Dune swale daphne]]
|''[[Pimelea actea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PiIcma 7 Oct 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Nelson cave spider]]
|[[Spelungula|''Spelungula'']]
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7ERl 30 Sep 2016]
|(needs image, expansion)
|-
|[[Forest ringlet]]
|''[[Dodonidia helmsii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2o5G 23 Sep 2016]
|'''fixed name, expanded'''
|-
|Giant bush dragonflies
|''[[Uropetala]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8PiL 16 Sep 2016]
|'''images, created 1 page'''
|-
|[[Cook Strait click beetle]]
|''[[Amychus granulatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2EDa 9 Sep 2016]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Duvaucel's gecko]]
|''[[Hoplodactylus duvaucelii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAmkC 2 Sep 2016]
|(needs edits, photos)
|-
|[[Otago skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma otagense]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2Hiu 26 Aug 2016]
|(needs more text)
|-
|[[Te Paki stick insect]]
|''[[Tepakiphasma ngatikuri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBzIP 19 Aug 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|Feather lice
|''[[Harrisoniella hopkinsi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Poxr1E! 12 Aug 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat|Short-tailed bat]]
|''[[Mystacina tuberculata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qzek1o 5 Aug 2016]
|'''OK, improved'''
|-
|[[Whenua Hou diving petrel]]
|''[[Pelecanoides whenuahouensis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHG6L 29 Jul 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
| Lichen moth rediscovered in 2016
|''[[Izatha caustopa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrKuT 22 Jul 2016]
|'''images'''
|-
|[[Black-eyed gecko|Alpine gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau kahutarae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmXvul 15 Jul 2016]
|'''improved''' (genus to create)
|-
|[[Mahoenui giant wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida mahoenui]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUZm 8 Jul 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand red admiral|Red admiral]]
|''[[Vanessa gonerilla]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0Vm 1 Jul 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater mussel|Kākahi]]
|''[[Echyridella menziesii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5eH 24 Jun 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Cromwell chafer]]
|''[[Prodontria lewisi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlkvKe 17 Jun 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Cobble skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma]]'' sp.
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfxVz 10 Jun 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Pīngao]]
|''[[Ficinia spiralis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmsZ3K 3 Jun 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand praying mantis]]
|''[[Orthodera novaezealandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQdAw 27 May 2016]
|'''fairly OK'''
|-
|[[Coastal peppercress]]
|''[[Lepidium banksii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjClf 20 May 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Common galaxias|Inanga]]
|''[[Galaxias maculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qu7L0a 13 May 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Mercury Islands tusked weta]]
|''[[Motuweta isolata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjCBL 6 May 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Shore plover]]
|''[[Thinornis novaeseelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5pwK 29 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Black stilt]]
|''[[Himantopus novaezelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnT960 21 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Katipo]]
|''[[Latrodectus katipo]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUsk 15 Apr 2016]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[South Island kōkako]]
|''[[Callaeas cinereus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2me4 8 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand tadpole shrimp|Tadpole shrimp]]
|''[[Lepidurus apus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvty7L 1 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand giraffe weevil|Giraffe weevil]]
|''[[Lasiorynchus barbicornis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2CLy 24 March 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand longfin eel|Longfin eel]]
|''[[Anguilla dieffenbachii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxG2eZ 18 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
| New Zealand giant landsnails
|''[[Powelliphanta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Poxtqi 11 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Foveaux shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo stewarti]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJXR 4 Mar 2016]
|'''created''' (nope, it's been merged back into ''L. chalconotus''
|-
|[[Otago shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo chalconotus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJXR 4 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Hutton's shearwater]]
|''[[Puffinus huttoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUg5Q 26 Feb 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Wood rose]]
|''[[Dactylanthus taylorii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAdMg 19 Feb 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Pouched lamprey|Lamprey]]
|''[[Geotria australis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PltZox 12 Feb 2016]
|'''image'''
|-
|[[Open Bay Islands leech]]
|''[[Hirudobdella antipodum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7FVp 5 Feb 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|New Zealand trapdoor spiders
|''[[Cantuaria]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2L1I 29 Jan 2016]
|(add pics, move general material from [[Cantuaria dendyi|C. dendyi]])
|-
|[[New Zealand rock wren|Rock wren]]
|''[[Xenicus gilviventris]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5vd 22 Jan 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|Parapara
|''[[Pisonia brunoniana|Pisonia brunoniana]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt1bS 18 Dec 2015]
|(expand)
|-
|[[Stygofauna]]
|''[[Phreatogammarus fragilis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qu7LgG 11 Dec 2015]
|(pic, intro)
|-
|[[Australasian bittern]]
|''[[Botaurus poiciloptilus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Plkwhg 4 Dec 2015]
|(expand, pics)
|-
|[[Robust grasshopper]]
|''[[Brachaspis robustus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUIQ 27 Nov 2015]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Paranephrops|Koura]]
|''[[Paranephrops]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjCSh 20 Nov 2015]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Peripatus]]
|[[Onychophora]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Qus11z 13 Nov 2015]
|'''fixed'''
|-
|[[Gordian worm]]
|[[Nematomorpha]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZZ5 6 Nov 2015]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Archey's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma archeyi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOScn 30 Oct 2015]
|(expand into sections, pics)
|-
|[[Canterbury knobbed weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus tuberculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PqtAkL 23 Oct 2015]
|(expand)
|-
|[[Leaf-veined slug]]
|''[[Athoracophorus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QvtxRf 16 Oct 2015]
|(images, any info on group?)
|-
|[[Canterbury mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna burrowsius]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUhGW 9 Oct 2015]
|(image, expand but OK)
|-
|[[New Zealand batfly|Batfly]]
|''[[Mystacinobia zelandica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfFV3 2 Oct 2015]
|(image, edit)
|-
|[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Gravel maggot]]
|''[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Smeagol]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt2MY 17 Sep 2015]
|(expand)
|}
Some ideas for potential future critters, emphasising ones that are both 1. endangered and 2. not cute.
* Stag beetle ''[[Geodorcus helmsi]]''
* [[Open Bay Islands skink|Open Bay Islands]] gecko and skink, a package deal; callback to the Open Bay Islands land leech of 5 Feb 2016
* The gherkin slug
* [[Chatham mudfish]]
* [[Galaxias divergens|Dwarf galaxias]] and how some of them survived the Taupo eruption
* Maitai Cave snail ''[[Hadopyrgus ngataana]]''
* Critically-endangered grasshopper ''[[Sigaus homerensis]]''
* Cicada-killing fungus ''[[Isaria sinclairii]]''
* Limestone cress ''[[Pachycladon exilis]]''
* Quillwort ''[[Isoetes aff. kirkii]]''
* [[Northland mudfish]]
* Giant scale insects (''[[Coelostomidia]]'')
* Horrid stick insect ''[[Argosarchus horridus]]''
* Gardner's tree daisy ''[[Olearia gardneri]]''
* Bartlett's rata ''[[Metrosideros bartlettii]]'', threatened by myrtle rust – somehow not covered yet?
* ''[[Orocrambus fugitivellus]]'' - small "bland" looking moth with a conservation status of Nationally Critical.
* ''Veronica barkeri'', the Chatham Island tree hebe. Nationally Critical.
* ''[[Deinacrida heteracantha]]'', wētāpunga, recently bred in captivity and translocated
* ''[[Trilepidea adamsii]]'', the Adams mistletoe, extinct in 1954 (if we wanted to talk about spotlighting plant extinctions)
* ''[[Xanthorhoe bulbulata]]'', a nationally critical, brightly coloured, day flying moth that hasn't been seen since 1991 but was once common in the South Island & seen during the months of September and March. Possibly do a programme in those months to see if anyone spots it? Possible tie in with a discussion on Ahi Pepe | MothNet project?
* [[Flax weevil]], interesting widespread distribution, both alpine and lowland.
* ''[[Xylotoles costatus]]'', Lazarus taxon like Takahe, but without the attention
* ''[[Holcaspis brevicula]]'', a Canterbury ground beetle now surviving only in a single pine plantation.
* ''[[Amblyomma sphenodonti]]'', the tuatara tick
* Pygmy goosefoot (''[[Dysphania pusilla]]''), rediscovered after being presumed extinct
==External links==
* Recent Critters of the Week listed on the [https://ift.tt/2QGAezO Department of Conservation website]
* Critters of the Week listed on the [https://ift.tt/2QxrHzd RNZ website] (some missing)
== References ==
[[Category:Radio New Zealand]]
[[Category:Critter of the Week]]
It was started in 2015. The programme is tied in with wikipedia articles about the species.
It is a weekly radio broadcast by [[Nicola Toki]] of the [[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] and host [[Jesse Mulligan]] on New Zealand species both endangered and neglected.<ref> https://ift.tt/2QxrHzd Critter of the Week</ref> Each week's broadcast is supported by improving the Wikipedia article for the species in question, as discussed in [https://ift.tt/2PkPcit this interview]. This project page exists so Wikipedians can see what needs work, and so interested parties (including the show's presenters) can see what has already been covered.
The ''Critter of the Week'' project was a lightning talk for the [https://ift.tt/2QzOPgH 2018 ESEAP Conference] in Bali, Indonesia.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:smaller"
!Common name
!Latin name
!Broadcast
!Status
|-
|''[[Xanthocryptus novozealandicus]]''
|[[Lemon tree borer parasite]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2GuW 26 Oct 2018]
|'''Stub'''
|-
|''[[Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda]]''
|[[Pygmy blue whale]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH4r9 19 Oct 2018]
|'''C''', needs expansion
|-
|''[[Powelliphanta augusta]]''
|[[Mt Augustus snail]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2lqw 12 Oct 2018]
|'''C''', needs updating and rewriting
|-
|''[[Tmesipteris horomaka]]''
|[[Banks Peninsula fork fern]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWje 5 Oct 2018]
|Needs creation; genus exists, needs improvement
|-
|''[[Wainuia urnula]]''
|[[New Zealand microsnails]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF3Tj 28 Sep 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs photos
|-
|''[[Heloxycanus patricki]]''
|[[Sphagnum porina moth]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QAOQAU 21 Sep 2018]
|'''Start'''
|-
|''[[Ranunculus viridis]]''
|[[Mt Allen buttercup]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUdqG 14 Sep 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs expansion
|-
|''[[Antipathella fiordensis]]''
|[[Black coral]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOpHm 7 Sept 2018]
|'''Start''', added photos
|-
|''[[Pterodroma axillaris]]''
|[[Chatham petrel]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PnT8is 31 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs photos and more info
|-
|[[Hamilton's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hamiltoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfvgp 24 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs expansion and more images
|-
|[[Waiuatua]]
|''[[Euphorbia glauca]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2JXE 17 Aug 2018]
|'''Stub'''
|-
|[[Burgan skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma burganae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAbnC 10 Aug 2018]
|'''Stub''', needs expansion and photo
|-
|[[Antipodes parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus unicolor]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmXuGN 3 Aug 2018]
|'''Start''', needs expansion
|-
|[[New Zealand fish-guts plant]]
|''[[Chenopodium detestans]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdUrC 27 Jul 2018]
|Needs creation
|-
|[[New Zealand glowworm]]
|''[[Arachnocampa luminosa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFjd 20 Jul 2018]
|'''OK''' but needs a good edit
|-
|[[Southern right whale]]
|''[[Eubalaena australis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJaj 13 Jul 2018]
|'''B''', could do with editing
|-
|[[New Zealand hagfish]]
|''[[Eptatretus cirrhatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHc7 6 Jul 2018]
|'''OK''', needs cleanup
|-
|[[Eyelash seaweed]]
|''[[Dione arcuata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7CsH 29 Jun 2018]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Red-billed gull]]
|''[[Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF1Lb 22 Jun 2018]
|(needs work)
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater crab]]
|''[[Amarinus lacustris]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOQRN 15 Jun 2018]
|'''OK''', added info and pic
|-
|[[Speargrass weevil]]
|''[[Lyperobius huttoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7vnu 8 Jun 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand falcon]]
|''[[Falco novaeseelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5mB4 1 Jun 2018]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Slender button daisy]]
|''[[Leptinella filiformis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRa1F 25 May 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[Rangatira spider]]
|''[[Dolomedes schauinslandi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvp6WI 18 May 2018]
|'''OK''', updated
|-
|[[White-bellied skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma hoparatea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRbTh 11 May 2018]
|(need creation)
|-
|[[Northland green gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus grayii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOpXS 4 May 2018]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Kōtuku]]
|''[[Ardea alba modesta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2ni8 27 Apr 2018]
|'''OK''', needs note on taxonomy
|-
|[[Giant kōkopu]]
|''[[Galaxias argenteus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qz7j0N 20 Apr 2018]
|'''Improved'''
|-
|[[Shrubby tororaro]]
|''[[Muehlenbeckia astonii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpuJt1 13 Apr 2018]
|'''Expanded'''
|-
|[[Pseudoscorpion]]s
|[[Pseudoscorpiones]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUSAI 6 Apr 2018]
|'''Pretty good'''
|-
|[[Teviot flathead galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias "Teviot"]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUGZz 23 Mar 2018]
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[Bonking grass moth]]
|''[[Asaphodes frivola]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAjFs 16 Mar 2018]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[Toheroa]]
|''[[Paphies ventricosa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUF7X 9 Mar 2018]
|(Desperately needs expansion)
|-
|[[Mottled petrel]]
|''[[Pterodroma inexpectata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH4HF 2 Mar 2018]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Te Kakahu skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma tekakahu]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpuNZN 23 Feb 2018]
|'''Expanded, refs, pic'''
|-
|[[Paua slug]]
|''[[Schizoglossa novoseelandica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAOSJ2 16 Feb 2018]
|(needs tidying up and more photos)
|-
|Prostrate tangle broom
|''[[Carmichaelia juncea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm2JpT 9 Feb 2018]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Swamp helmet orchid]]
|''[[Corybas carsei]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfwRv 2 Feb 2018]
|'''Created, sourced pics'''
|-
|[[Cabbage tree moth]]
|''[[Epiphryne verriculata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZbx 26 Jan 2018]
|'''Added pic and more info'''
|-
|New Zealand native [[bees]]
|''[[Leioproctus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWzK 15 Dec 2017]
|(Only ''[[Leioproctus fulvescens]]'' exists)
|-
|New Zealand [[cicada]]s
|''[[Amphipsalta]]'', ''[[Rhodopsalta]]'', ''[[Maoricicada]]'', ''[[Notopsalta]]'', ''[[Kikihia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoJkf 8 Dec 2017]
|(Genera are all stubs, only a couple of species created)
|-
|[[Ōhau rock daisy]]
|''[[Pachystegia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzAdxE 1 Dec 2017]
|(needs creation if we can get photos)
|-
|[[Flax snail]]
|''[[Placostylus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmXjV 24 Nov 2017]
|(needs cleanup and expansion, and photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand long-tailed bat|Long-tailed bat]]
|''[[Chalinolobus tuberculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8Nr9 17 Nov 2017]
|'''OK''' (still needs photos)
|-
|[[New Zealand giant springtail|Giant springtail]]
|''[[Holacanthella]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2jBjgXW 10 Nov 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Cook's scurvy grass]]
|''[[Lepidium oleraceum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvp5C8 3 Nov 2017]
|(needs pics)
|-
|[[South Island lichen moth]]
|''[[Declana egregia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHsD 27 Oct 2017]
|'''Created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand giant centipede|Giant centipede]]
|''[[Cormocephalus rubriceps]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7EAP 20 Oct 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Wrybill]]
|''[[Anarhynchus frontalis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjF49P 13 Oct 2017]
|'''OK''' (needs work)
|-
|[[Chevron skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma homalonotum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8P2f 6 Oct 2017]
|'''Short but OK'''
|-
|[[Pāua]]
|''[[Haliotis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFzJ 29 Sep 2017]
|'''Reasonable'''
|-
|[[Hochstetter's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma hochstetteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzbGch 22 Sep 2017]
|'''OK''' (needs updating)
|-
|[[Kakabeak]]
|''[[Clianthus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjAK9 15 Sep 2017]
|'''OK''' (both spp. need expansion and rewrite)
|-
|[[Leopard seal]]
|''[[Hydrurga leptonyx]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBzsj 8 Sep 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Bat-winged fly]]
|''[[Exsul singularis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2vApY5N 1 Sep 2017]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Back beach beetle]]
|''[[Bembidion tillyardi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOPxd 25 Aug 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Tuatara]]
|''[[Sphenodon punctatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0ok 18 Aug 2017]
|'''Good Article'''
|-
|[[Kawakawa looper moth]]
|''[[Cleora scriptaria]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQbIU 11 Aug 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Eldon's galaxias]]
|''[[Galaxias eldoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlkuWG 4 Aug 2017]
|'''expanded, added images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand fur seal|Fur seal]]
|''[[Arctocephalus forsteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQdk0 28 Jul 2017]
|'''added image'''
|-
|[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii|Vegetable caterpillar]]
|''[[Ophiocordyceps robertsii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnRcqj 21 Jul 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Tardigrade]]
|[[Tardigrada]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBxRd 14 Jul 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Northern giant petrel]]
|''[[Macronectes halli]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Po6YBi 7 Jul 2017]
|'''Improved'''
|-
|[[Jewelled gecko]]
|''[[Naultinus gemmeus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QurZXv 30 Jun 2017]
|Needs expansion
|-
|[[Great white shark]]
|''[[Carcharodon carcharias]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZs3 23 Jun 2017]
|'''Good'''
|-
|[[Dog vomit slime mold]]
|''[[Fuligo septica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfvNr 16 Jun 2016]
|'''OK''' (Need XKCD reference)
|-
|[[Bubblegum coral]]
|''[[Paragorgia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm2H1f 9 Jun 2017]
|(NZ species may not exist, just Atlantic?)
|-
|[[Blind electric ray]]
|''[[Typhlonarke aysoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5mRA 2 Jun 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[ Chatham Islands forget-me-not]]
|''[[Myosotidium hortensia]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoJAL 26 May 2017]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[New Zealand mole cricket|Mole cricket]]
|''[[Triamescaptor aotea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH3DB 19 May 2017]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Kauri snail]]
|''[[Paryphanta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2EmE 12 May 2017]
|(Needs expansion)
|-
|[[Castle Hill buttercup]]
|''[[Ranunculus paucifolius]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfx81 5 May 2017]
|(Needs creation)
|-
|[[New Zealand sea lion]]
|''[[Phocarctos hookeri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjRQVI 28 Apr 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|New Zealand large carabids
|''[[Mecodema]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2odo9rW 21 Apr 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Spirits Bay liverwort]]
|''[[Frullania wairua]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PpUHwB 7 Apr 2017]
|(needs creation)
|-
|New Zealand sundews
|''[[Drosera stenopetala]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAjVY 1 Apr 2017]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Fiordland penguin]]
|''[[Eudyptes pachyrhynchus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2lXy 24 Mar 2017]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Harlequin gecko]]
|''[[Tukutuku rakiurae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxFZQl 17 Mar 2017]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Torrentfish]]
|''[[Cheimarrichthys fosteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHFQf 10 Mar 2017]
|'''added photos'''
|-
|Child's grasshopper
|''[[Sigaus childi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzraNk 3 Mar 2017]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Malherbe's parakeet|Orange-fronted parakeet]]
|''[[Cyanoramphus malherbi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnoHJ9 24 Feb 2017]
|'''OK, some edits'''
|-
|[[Mokohinau stag beetle]]
|''[[Geodorcus ithaginis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzAdOa 17 Feb 2017]
|'''improved, added photo'''
|-
|[[Yellow-footed antechinus|Mardo]]
|''[[Antechinus flavipes]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0EQ 10 Feb 2017]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[New Zealand fairy tern]]
|''[[Sternula nereis davisae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAdWQg 3 Feb 2017]
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|Sooty beech scale insects
|''[[Ultracoelostoma]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PiIfOS 27 Jan 2017]
|(Genus and species need creation)
|-
|[[Puriri moth]]
|''[[Aenetus virescens]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOPNJ 23 Dec 2016]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Chesterfield skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma]]'' sp.
|[https://ift.tt/2Po6YRO 16 Dec 2016]
|(needs creation – only a tag name?)
|-
|Cooper's black potato orchid
|''[[Gastrodia cooperae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzbERH 9 Dec 2016]
|(needs creation)
|-
|[[Werewere-kokako]]
|''[[Entoloma hochstetteri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7yja 2 Dec 2016]
|'''OK'''
|-
|Fischer's egg
|''[[Claustula fischeri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pm7yja 2 Dec 2016]
|(needs expansion)
|-
|[[Nudibranchs]]
|[[Nudibranchia]]
|[https://ift.tt/2QyOquU 25 Nov 2016]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[Bluff weta]]
|[[Deinacrida elegans|''Deinacrida elegans'']]
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZIz 18 Nov 2016]
|(oh God, what a mess)
|-
|Fred the Thread
|''[[Houdinia flexilissima]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJHl 11 Nov 2016]
|(needs images, expansion)
|-
|[[Maud Island frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma pakeka]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PltWZT 4 Nov 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|Mistletoes
|''[[Korthalsella salicornioides]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5LJ 28 Oct 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Coxella weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus spinipennis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjB0F 21 Oct 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Austral snipe|Snipe]]
|''[[Coenocorypha]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAdvK 14 Oct 2016]
|'''OK''' (could use more photos)
|-
|[[Dune swale daphne]]
|''[[Pimelea actea]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PiIcma 7 Oct 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Nelson cave spider]]
|[[Spelungula|''Spelungula'']]
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7ERl 30 Sep 2016]
|(needs image, expansion)
|-
|[[Forest ringlet]]
|''[[Dodonidia helmsii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2o5G 23 Sep 2016]
|'''fixed name, expanded'''
|-
|Giant bush dragonflies
|''[[Uropetala]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB8PiL 16 Sep 2016]
|'''images, created 1 page'''
|-
|[[Cook Strait click beetle]]
|''[[Amychus granulatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2EDa 9 Sep 2016]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Duvaucel's gecko]]
|''[[Hoplodactylus duvaucelii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QAAmkC 2 Sep 2016]
|(needs edits, photos)
|-
|[[Otago skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma otagense]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2Hiu 26 Aug 2016]
|(needs more text)
|-
|[[Te Paki stick insect]]
|''[[Tepakiphasma ngatikuri]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzBzIP 19 Aug 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|Feather lice
|''[[Harrisoniella hopkinsi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Poxr1E! 12 Aug 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat|Short-tailed bat]]
|''[[Mystacina tuberculata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qzek1o 5 Aug 2016]
|'''OK, improved'''
|-
|[[Whenua Hou diving petrel]]
|''[[Pelecanoides whenuahouensis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmHG6L 29 Jul 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
| Lichen moth rediscovered in 2016
|''[[Izatha caustopa]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrKuT 22 Jul 2016]
|'''images'''
|-
|[[Black-eyed gecko|Alpine gecko]]
|''[[Mokopirirakau kahutarae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmXvul 15 Jul 2016]
|'''improved''' (genus to create)
|-
|[[Mahoenui giant wētā]]
|''[[Deinacrida mahoenui]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUZm 8 Jul 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand red admiral|Red admiral]]
|''[[Vanessa gonerilla]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt0Vm 1 Jul 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand freshwater mussel|Kākahi]]
|''[[Echyridella menziesii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5eH 24 Jun 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Cromwell chafer]]
|''[[Prodontria lewisi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PlkvKe 17 Jun 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Cobble skink]]
|''[[Oligosoma]]'' sp.
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfxVz 10 Jun 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Pīngao]]
|''[[Ficinia spiralis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PmsZ3K 3 Jun 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand praying mantis]]
|''[[Orthodera novaezealandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QwQdAw 27 May 2016]
|'''fairly OK'''
|-
|[[Coastal peppercress]]
|''[[Lepidium banksii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjClf 20 May 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Common galaxias|Inanga]]
|''[[Galaxias maculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qu7L0a 13 May 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Mercury Islands tusked weta]]
|''[[Motuweta isolata]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjCBL 6 May 2016]
|'''created'''
|-
|[[Shore plover]]
|''[[Thinornis novaeseelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QB5pwK 29 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Black stilt]]
|''[[Himantopus novaezelandiae]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnT960 21 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Katipo]]
|''[[Latrodectus katipo]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUsk 15 Apr 2016]
|'''good'''
|-
|[[South Island kōkako]]
|''[[Callaeas cinereus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pr2me4 8 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand tadpole shrimp|Tadpole shrimp]]
|''[[Lepidurus apus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qvty7L 1 Apr 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[New Zealand giraffe weevil|Giraffe weevil]]
|''[[Lasiorynchus barbicornis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2CLy 24 March 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[New Zealand longfin eel|Longfin eel]]
|''[[Anguilla dieffenbachii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxG2eZ 18 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
| New Zealand giant landsnails
|''[[Powelliphanta]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Poxtqi 11 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Foveaux shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo stewarti]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJXR 4 Mar 2016]
|'''created''' (nope, it's been merged back into ''L. chalconotus''
|-
|[[Otago shag]]
|''[[Leucocarbo chalconotus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QxrJXR 4 Mar 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|[[Hutton's shearwater]]
|''[[Puffinus huttoni]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUg5Q 26 Feb 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Wood rose]]
|''[[Dactylanthus taylorii]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QGAdMg 19 Feb 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Pouched lamprey|Lamprey]]
|''[[Geotria australis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PltZox 12 Feb 2016]
|'''image'''
|-
|[[Open Bay Islands leech]]
|''[[Hirudobdella antipodum]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qy7FVp 5 Feb 2016]
|'''improved'''
|-
|New Zealand trapdoor spiders
|''[[Cantuaria]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pk2L1I 29 Jan 2016]
|(add pics, move general material from [[Cantuaria dendyi|C. dendyi]])
|-
|[[New Zealand rock wren|Rock wren]]
|''[[Xenicus gilviventris]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzH5vd 22 Jan 2016]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|Parapara
|''[[Pisonia brunoniana|Pisonia brunoniana]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt1bS 18 Dec 2015]
|(expand)
|-
|[[Stygofauna]]
|''[[Phreatogammarus fragilis]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Qu7LgG 11 Dec 2015]
|(pic, intro)
|-
|[[Australasian bittern]]
|''[[Botaurus poiciloptilus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Plkwhg 4 Dec 2015]
|(expand, pics)
|-
|[[Robust grasshopper]]
|''[[Brachaspis robustus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEUUIQ 27 Nov 2015]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Paranephrops|Koura]]
|''[[Paranephrops]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PjjCSh 20 Nov 2015]
|'''improved, images'''
|-
|[[Peripatus]]
|[[Onychophora]]
|[https://ift.tt/2Qus11z 13 Nov 2015]
|'''fixed'''
|-
|[[Gordian worm]]
|[[Nematomorpha]]
|[https://ift.tt/2PlmZZ5 6 Nov 2015]
|'''OK'''
|-
|[[Archey's frog]]
|''[[Leiopelma archeyi]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QzOScn 30 Oct 2015]
|(expand into sections, pics)
|-
|[[Canterbury knobbed weevil]]
|''[[Hadramphus tuberculatus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PqtAkL 23 Oct 2015]
|(expand)
|-
|[[Leaf-veined slug]]
|''[[Athoracophorus]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QvtxRf 16 Oct 2015]
|(images, any info on group?)
|-
|[[Canterbury mudfish]]
|''[[Neochanna burrowsius]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2PnUhGW 9 Oct 2015]
|(image, expand but OK)
|-
|[[New Zealand batfly|Batfly]]
|''[[Mystacinobia zelandica]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2QEfFV3 2 Oct 2015]
|(image, edit)
|-
|[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Gravel maggot]]
|''[[Smeagol (gastropod)|Smeagol]]''
|[https://ift.tt/2Pmt2MY 17 Sep 2015]
|(expand)
|}
Some ideas for potential future critters, emphasising ones that are both 1. endangered and 2. not cute.
* Stag beetle ''[[Geodorcus helmsi]]''
* [[Open Bay Islands skink|Open Bay Islands]] gecko and skink, a package deal; callback to the Open Bay Islands land leech of 5 Feb 2016
* The gherkin slug
* [[Chatham mudfish]]
* [[Galaxias divergens|Dwarf galaxias]] and how some of them survived the Taupo eruption
* Maitai Cave snail ''[[Hadopyrgus ngataana]]''
* Critically-endangered grasshopper ''[[Sigaus homerensis]]''
* Cicada-killing fungus ''[[Isaria sinclairii]]''
* Limestone cress ''[[Pachycladon exilis]]''
* Quillwort ''[[Isoetes aff. kirkii]]''
* [[Northland mudfish]]
* Giant scale insects (''[[Coelostomidia]]'')
* Horrid stick insect ''[[Argosarchus horridus]]''
* Gardner's tree daisy ''[[Olearia gardneri]]''
* Bartlett's rata ''[[Metrosideros bartlettii]]'', threatened by myrtle rust – somehow not covered yet?
* ''[[Orocrambus fugitivellus]]'' - small "bland" looking moth with a conservation status of Nationally Critical.
* ''Veronica barkeri'', the Chatham Island tree hebe. Nationally Critical.
* ''[[Deinacrida heteracantha]]'', wētāpunga, recently bred in captivity and translocated
* ''[[Trilepidea adamsii]]'', the Adams mistletoe, extinct in 1954 (if we wanted to talk about spotlighting plant extinctions)
* ''[[Xanthorhoe bulbulata]]'', a nationally critical, brightly coloured, day flying moth that hasn't been seen since 1991 but was once common in the South Island & seen during the months of September and March. Possibly do a programme in those months to see if anyone spots it? Possible tie in with a discussion on Ahi Pepe | MothNet project?
* [[Flax weevil]], interesting widespread distribution, both alpine and lowland.
* ''[[Xylotoles costatus]]'', Lazarus taxon like Takahe, but without the attention
* ''[[Holcaspis brevicula]]'', a Canterbury ground beetle now surviving only in a single pine plantation.
* ''[[Amblyomma sphenodonti]]'', the tuatara tick
* Pygmy goosefoot (''[[Dysphania pusilla]]''), rediscovered after being presumed extinct
==External links==
* Recent Critters of the Week listed on the [https://ift.tt/2QGAezO Department of Conservation website]
* Critters of the Week listed on the [https://ift.tt/2QxrHzd RNZ website] (some missing)
== References ==
[[Category:Radio New Zealand]]
[[Category:Critter of the Week]]
https://ift.tt/2z2OMmA
