Two paper wasps in one day. I declare wasp hunting season open!

Winter cold is only slowing the monarchs. I find new eggs days from our coldest weather yet this year.

Some red admiral butterflies survive being raised by me this winter

Cats present a risk to the birds and butterflies in the garden. Will the new dog keep them away?

Addenbrooke Garden is a lovely rural garden at Botany with its fair share of summer butterflies.

A visit to Bright Street Community Garden uncovers an award-winning, relaxing certified butterfly garden

May sees many flowers disappear from the garden. What nectar is available for our flying friends?

What is happening in the butterfly garden in late autumn? It's all at snail's pace.

Flowers become scarcer in April and I notice what is flowering on our Easter travels.

Aucklanders! This ANZAC weekend join in with the City Nature Challenge!

I tag my first monarch and see more tagged monarchs in the garden. Exciting!

I try out the Hawkeye wasp trap and lure starter pack. These traps look very familiar...

What flowers have been feeding butterflies in March?

I use the NoPests pink wasp lure and trap to target the new queens who should be mating now.

Yellow admirals have brought colour and energy at the changing of the season.

With autumn arriving, butterfly lovers have started tagging monarchs and they are appearing in my garden

Results of my Big Butterfly Count surveys and I try to fathom why I have butterflies while many haven't

Late summer flowers for butterflies? The long-flowering perennials just keep going.

California quail might be defined as a ground bird, but these North Shore birds like high places.

Red and yellow admirals find the flower garden, joining monarchs, blues and cabbage whites.