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Butterfly gardening
Articles about creating a butterfly garden, flowers for attracting New Zealand butterflies, raising butterflies in captivity and visiting butterfly houses and butterfly-friendly gardens.
Winter nectar for wildlife
Winter nectar has been plentiful, but monarchs are a fussy bunch.
Sep 93 min read
Auckland winter monarchs
Winter cold is only slowing the monarchs. I find new eggs days from our coldest weather yet this year.
Aug 65 min read
Rocking the reds: Red admirals eclose
Some red admiral butterflies survive being raised by me this winter
Jul 252 min read
Visit to Addenbrooke Garden
Addenbrooke Garden is a lovely rural garden at Botany with its fair share of summer butterflies.
Jun 142 min read
Visit to Bright Street Community Garden
A visit to Bright Street Community Garden uncovers an award-winning, relaxing certified butterfly garden
Jun 92 min read
Late autumn flowers in the butterfly garden
May sees many flowers disappear from the garden. What nectar is available for our flying friends?
May 313 min read
Butterfly garden autumn update
What is happening in the butterfly garden in late autumn? It's all at snail's pace.
May 234 min read
Surrounded by butterflies - Visit to Wellington Botanic Garden
A visit to Wellington Botanic Garden yields butterflies galore. All the wildlife comes as a shock.
May 44 min read
Mid-autumn flowers for butterflies
Flowers become scarcer in April and I notice what is flowering on our Easter travels.
Apr 302 min read
Monarch butterfly tagging update
I tag my first monarch and see more tagged monarchs in the garden. Exciting!
Apr 74 min read
Early autumn flowers for NZ butterflies
What flowers have been feeding butterflies in March?
Mar 313 min read
Are caterpillars safe from wasps now?
Are caterpillars safe from invasive wasps now and can we leave them to develop without intervention?
Mar 192 min read
Hello yellows!
Yellow admirals have brought colour and energy at the changing of the season.
Mar 172 min read
Monarch butterfly tagging
With autumn arriving, butterfly lovers have started tagging monarchs and they are appearing in my garden
Mar 84 min read
Spoiled for butterflies: Big Butterfly Count surveys
Results of my Big Butterfly Count surveys and I try to fathom why I have butterflies while many haven't
Mar 13 min read
Late summer flowers for butterflies
Late summer flowers for butterflies? The long-flowering perennials just keep going.
Feb 284 min read
Admiral butterflies in the garden
Red and yellow admirals find the flower garden, joining monarchs, blues and cabbage whites.
Feb 83 min read
The big butterfly count 2026
Please spare 15 minutes for this NZ butterfly citizen science project! The Big Butterfly Count is back!
Feb 31 min read
NZ butterfly plants: mid-summer flowers
What are the best butterfly flowers for mid-summer in Auckland?
Jan 313 min read
Wild weather. Resilient butterflies.
The wild weather has been a curse, but the silver lining has been relief for the butterflies & plants
Jan 255 min read
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