These are the flowers that the butterflies are really attracted to in the first month of summer.

Monarchs start visiting the butterfly garden and I start raising admirals alongside them

You don't need to leave central Sydney to see beautiful butterflies. Just head for the royal botanic garden.

November 2025 I have written about copper butterflies previously , and how I was planting muehlenbeckia, their host plant, despite the butterfly garden being over half a kilometre from the coast and perhaps not providing the right environment for copper butterflies. They are most likely to be found within sight of a beach (as are most New Zealanders, to be fair) but the inland sightings on iNaturalist gave me a little hope. I have three types of muehlenbeckia now, with two j

Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand (MBNZT) certification is given to best practice butterfly and moth habitats. How does Auckland Butterfly Garden stack up so far?

Butterflies and moths seen this winter in the garden, including a rare newcomer to New Zealand, which triggered a biosecurity alert.

What plants worked best in the small butterfly garden this summer? What will I continue to grow and what will be abandoned?

Which butterflies visited in summer 2024/25? Which didn't?

Yellow admiral butterflies are eclosing daily, despite the winter weather.

Keep your eyes open for overwintering groups of monarchs and monarchs with "tags".

Wasps. Why they are a big deal and what we can do, if anything, to get rid of the evil things.

Cabbage whites are the only butterflies around and I begin to appreciate them.

I find beautiful coastal copper butterflies at the beach and hope they make it to my butterfly garden

Parasitic wasps wipe out a generation of red admiral butterflies.