Rare insect, the Great Bale Sucker of South Otago. Farm shed found on a back road in the beautiful rural farmland between Balclutha and Clinton 13-Jan-22. Clutha District, South Otago, New Zealand.
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Text and photos by Liz; Exploring Colour (2022)
Exploring Colour 
Maybe the Podfluffer would find a good roost on or in the Bale Sucker… 🙂 I think I might be wary of getting too close to the Bale Sucker in case it has an appetite for humans too!
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Hahaha .. wonderful! I didn’t think of that when I was taking photos. A lucky escape 🙂
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I does look like some sort of giant beast!
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Clearly, your Bale Sucker would get along beautifully with the Great Prairie Podfluffer!
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They would, they’d be “great” mates! For the curious here’s a link for the Great Prairie Podfluffer https://shoreacres.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/the-poets-birds-the-great-prairie-podfluffer/
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