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Te kite me te rongo o te pepeke

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Kāore e kore ka rerekē katoa te āhua o te titiro a te pepeke ki te ao, tēnā i te titiro a ngāi tāua. āpiti atu ki te pakupaku mārika o te pepeke, me tana noho mōrearea i ngā wā katoa kei kainga e tētahi mea rahi ake (e te pūngāwerewere, e te manu, e tētahi atu pepeke rānei), he rerekē anō te āhua o tō rātou kite me tō rātou rongo.

Te kite

  • Ko te karu o te pepeke, he huinga karu maha, ā, ka kīia he karu wāhanga-rau.
  • He rerekē rawa atu te āhua o tā rātou titiro ki te ao, tēnā i tā tātou.
  • Kite ai te karu pepeke i tēnei mea, te tae.
  • He tino pai tō rātou kite i ngā nekeneke, engari he āhua koretake tō rātou kite i te hanga o tētahi mea.

Te rongo kakara

  • Kāore te pepeke e whai ihu, engari ka rongo tonu i ngā kakara me ngā haunga.
  • Ko ngā pūhihi ngā mea e rite ana ki te ihu te mahi; ka toro atu ki mua, ki ngā taha rānei o te ūpoko.
  • Me te huruhuru te āhua o ngā pūhihi o te nuinga o ngā pūrēhua me ētahi atu pepeke; mā konei ka nui ake te horahanga, e kaha ake ai te rongo i ngā tini kakara.
  • Ka waihangatia e ngā uwha tētahi matū motuhake e kīia ana he pheromone; he rite ēnei ki te whakakaraka, ā, ko tāna mahi, hei whakawai i ngā tāne.
  • Arā tētahi momo pūrēhua emepara o Ūropi (ko Pavonia pavonia te ingoa) ka rongo i te kakara o te uwha 11km te tawhiti atu!

Te rongo oro

  • He taringa-kore te nuinga o ngā pepeke, engari rongo tonu ai rātou i ngā oro mā roto i te kiri.
  • Kei ētahi pepeke tētahi mea āhua rite ki te 'pahū-taringa', engari kei wāhi kē o te tinana - kāore i te ūpoko. Hei tauira, he hanga pēnei ō te pihareinga i ana waewae o mua.
  • Ko tā ngā toa o ngāi pihareinga, ngāi kīkītara, me ngāi māwhitiwhiti, he kitā hei whakawai i ngā uwha; he rerekē te tangi a tēnā, a tēnā momo kīkītara.

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