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tanguru

1. (noun) tanguru chafer, Stethaspis suturalis - a beetle with a yellow stripe on its back. Common in native forest and pine plantations in summer. Flys with a buzzing sound soon after dark. Its larva stage is a large white grub, called papahu, that feeds on tree roots.


2. (noun) tree daisy, Olearia albida - a shrub or small tree found in North Island coastal forest or scrub. Has narrow, oblong, pale green, leathery leaves with wavy margins and felt-like undersides. Bears white daisies in summer and autumn.


3. (noun) Olearia furfuracea - a well-branched shrub found in scrub and forest margins of the North Island. The oval leaves are dark green and leathery with woolly, down-like hairs underneath. Clusters of starry-petalled white daisies appear in summer.

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