Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Te kaihoe poti

Sigara arguata (White)


Whānau: Corixidae

Te Tītaringa

  • he momo māori

Te Huringa Ora

  • He noho wai māori, kitea ai i ngā roto, i ngā hōpua, i ngā hake wai kararehe, me ngā kōawa kua purutiti i te tarutaru, kua kore i kaha te rere o te wai.
  • He whai parirau ētahi o ngā kātua, e taea ai te rere ki tētahi atu wai hei kāinga rua mōna ki te kōpā rawa te noho i kāinga tahi, ki te mimiti katoa rānei te wai.
  • He konihi te kaumoana, kimi kai ai māna i te takere o te takotoranga wai koirā tōna kāinga
  • Te āhua nei ko ana kai, ko te pūkohu wai, tae atu ki ngā tipu me ngā hanga kararehe e pōpopo haere ana i te takere o te wai
  • Ka kapohia e ia he hau takiwā māna ki tētahi pūkoro kei raro iho i ōna parirau
  • He pītara kitā, pērā anō i te kīkītara