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Three images of vintage cars outside, two with people taking swabs from number plates.

In 2024, the DNADRV team collaborated with the Auckland Vintage and Veteran Car Club. Nineteen car number plates were cleaned and swabbed before a rally around South Auckland. After the cars returned a couple of hours later, the plates were swabbed again. The most abundant insects found were fungus gnats, striped dung flies and codling moths.

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