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  • MONARCHS
    • Survey
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      • Butterfly Bay Background
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    • Trustees and Officers
      • Charlotte Beesley, trustee
      • Jacqui Knight, trustee and secretary
      • Mary Parkinson, trustee
      • Beverley Sinclair, trustee
      • Vicky Steele, trustee
      • Norm Twigge, trustee
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  • PROJECTS
    • Report Butterfly Sighting
    • Report a Pest
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    • Glossary of terms
    • Some of our Displays
    • Conference 2009: Report and Feedback
      • Conference, Tauranga, 11 & 12 April 2009
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    • Tagging/Transects
      • How/why to tag Monarchs
      • Introduction to Research
      • Tagging article in Forest & Bird, February 2009
      • Tagged Monarch Sightings Map
      • Taggers – please note
  • OTHER SPECIES
    • Yellow Admiral – Bassaris itea – Kahukowhai
    • Magpie Moth – Nyctemera annulata – Mokarakara
    • Red Admiral – Bassaris gonerilla – Kahukura
    • Breeding Yellow Admirals
    • Beginner’s Guide to Nettles
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Links

We highly recommend the websites shown here.

  • Aotearoa

    • Gardening Column, Taranaki: Abbie Jury
    • Giant Robot
    • NZ Weather
    • Te Puna Quarry Park
  • Educational resources

    • Butterflies of America
    • Butterflies of Costa Rica
    • Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc, Brisbane
    • Butterfly and Orchid Garden, Thames
    • Emma Conway – Freelance Illustrator & Boopino Greeting Cards
    • Insecta Inspecta – world of insects
    • Munching Monarch Caterpillar
    • Orchid and Butterfly House, Thames
    • Otago Museum Butterflies
    • Shameless promotion of insect appreciation
    • Smithsonian Institute Bug Info
    • The Butterfly Website
  • Entomology

    • Butterflies of America
    • Butterflies of Costa Rica
    • Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club Inc, Brisbane
    • Butterfly and Orchid Garden, Thames
    • Butterfly Creek
    • Emma Conway – Freelance Illustrator & Boopino Greeting Cards
    • Gardening Column, Taranaki: Abbie Jury
    • Insecta Inspecta – world of insects
    • Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
    • Landcare Research
    • Live Monarch Foundation
    • Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary
    • Monarch Watch
    • Monarchs Rule
    • Munching Monarch Caterpillar
    • Natural Sciences Images
    • NZ Butterfly Info
    • Orchid and Butterfly House, Thames
    • Otago Museum Butterflies
    • Shameless promotion of insect appreciation
    • Smithsonian Institute Bug Info
    • Species at risk (Can) – MB
    • Te Puna Quarry Park
    • The Butterfly Website
    • West Lynn Gardens
    • What is this bug? (NZ)
    • Forum
      Ask questions on our Forum
    • Other Species
      Learn about other NZ butterflies
    • Report Sighting
      Report a sighting: Monarch or Pest
    • Tagging & Transects
      Tagging and Transects
    • For Sale
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    • Film: Munching Monarchs
    • GLOSSARY
    • Tag a butterfly... help science!
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