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Guess the pest!

We consider pests to fall into three different categories: animal, plant and aquatic.

Do you consider yourself an expert on pest identification?

Try the guess the pest games below.

Look at the first image and see if you can guess the pest. If you are not sure, use the arrow on the right hand side of the image to click and see the next photo. With each click you will see more of the photo and you'll get an extra clue at the bottom of the image to help you!

Can you guess each pest before you get to the last clue? Play along with your friends to see who can guess the pest with the least amount of guesses!

 

My botanical name is Ulex Europeaus.

When my seed pod pops my seeds can spread up to 5 metres away. I seed twice each year.

My seeds are spread by birds, water, animals and machinery and I can be found all over Otago.

I form thick groups of bushes that prevent stock from grazing.

I look very similar to another pest plant, Broom, and people often get us confused.

I am Gorse! Did you guess me correctly?

 

 

I became a pest in the 1940s after being introduced to South Canterbury in 1874 from Australia..

I love to damage fences, destroy agricultural crops, contribute to erosion and kill forest seedlings.

I have a greyish-brown upper body, pale grey chest and belly, and reddish-brown colour on my shoulders.

I can hop up to 2 metres when I'm going really fast. My tracks always show my feet right next to each other and sometimes I drag my tail through the dirt.

I'm a marsupial (that means I carry my babies in my pouch). I am about 80cm tall and have a tail that's about 62cm long.

That's right! I'm a wallaby. Did you guess I was the pest?

 

 

I live in the water.

I am commonly known as oxygen weed. I used to be sold as a decoration for fish tanks and ponds.

I found my way into Otago's waterways where I shade out native aquatic plants.

I can disturb water flows and cause local deoxygenation (chemical reaction removing oxygen) of water.

I am most likely to be found in Lake Dunstan and Roxburgh as well as part of Lake Wanaka, Clutha River/Mata-Au and the Kawarau River.

I am Lagorosiphon. Did you guess the pest?

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