Ngaio weevil for Bug of the Year 2025

01/05/2025

20/02/2025

Thanks to everyone who voted for ngaio weevil! I am considering options for next election!

The results are in, and New Zealanders have crowned the ngāokeoke (New Zealand velvet worm, Peripatoides novaezealandiae) the 2025 Bug of the Year!

The whē (New Zealand praying mantis) came second, while another unusual forest dweller – the giant springtail – took third place. The ātaka (exquisite Olearia owlet moth) and the rō (giant stick insect) came in fourth and fifth, respectively.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VELVET WORM - NEW ZEALAND BUG OF THE YEAR 2025!

16/02/2025

Moon jellyfish in the Marlborough Sounds, NZ. Like this? Vote ngaio weevil for NZ Bug of the year 2025 here https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/

16/02/2025

flax weevil in the Marlborough sound's, NZ

16/02/2025

Last day to vote for ngaio weevil as bug of the year at https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/ Some weevily action this weekend from a flax weevil, sister species of ngaio weevils on an island in the Marlborough Sounds.

07/02/2025

We translocated 30 ngaio weevils as an insurance population in 2013 to a nearby island. This image shows the funding we were working with (none) to save a species from extinction - your vote at https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/ could help us finally get noticed as in need of some attention!

07/02/2025

Vote here for the ngaio weevil: https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/ a critically endangered flightless beetle, in need of your love to help it get publicity by winning NZ Bug of the Year 2025. After centuries of neglect, only 300 remain and your vote could help us get funding and recognised as needing help to research how to protect it from the 30,000 hungry endemic reptiles called tuatara that live with them on Takapourewa/Stephens Island in Marlborough, NZ.

29/01/2025

Vote for one bug in the NZ Bug of the Year competition - the ngaio weevil https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/

28/01/2025

Ever thought of getting involved in Ngāti Koata's Taiao mahi?
Here is an easy way to start!

Bug of the Year has kicked off for 2025, and we would love if you could vote for an insect that is critically endangered with the last few hundred of its kind being found only on Takapourewa!

Lets be good kaitiaki for the Ngaio weevil (Anagotus stephenensis), and help it become a National winner too!

Voting closes 17 Feb 2025. Click on the link: https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-the-year-nominees/

24/01/2025

Vote here https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/ to make the ngaio weevil New Zealand's 'Bug of the Year 2025'. With only around 300 left, your vote could help get it the recognition it needs as a critically endangered species.

17/01/2025

One minute of your time could help the conservation of the rare ngaio weevil. Anyone can vote for NZ Bug of the Year at https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/vote-here-2025/. Voting for this species will get it precious publicity, possibly more funding to research its needs and hopefully grow the population of only 300 weevils. Please vote today!

04/01/2025

The Entomological Society of New Zealand

Do you want to make a huge impact on the conservation of a critically endangered species in 2025? Voting for the ngaio weevil in the NZ Bug of the Year shorturl.at/WOvMe will get it precious publicity + possibly funding to help find out what it needs to recover from around 300 individuals........Please share to save a species!