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Early autumn flowers for NZ butterflies
What flowers have been feeding butterflies in March?
Mar 303 min read
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Hello yellows!
Yellow admirals have brought colour and energy at the changing of the season.
Mar 172 min read
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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
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Admiral butterflies in the garden
Red and yellow admirals find the flower garden, joining monarchs, blues and cabbage whites.
Feb 83 min read
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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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Wins and losses - butterflies, wildlife & plants
An update on all the wins and losses recently in the garden: Butterflies, wildlife & plants
Jan 114 min read
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Monarch and admiral caterpillars
Monarchs start visiting the butterfly garden and I start raising admirals alongside them
Dec 16, 20252 min read
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Bed of Nettles
New Zealand has a range of native nettles, which admiral butterflies need for food and which I'm incapable of growing.
Dec 14, 20244 min read
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