Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust

These photographs come from Don Wilkes in the UK.
Stunning, aren’t they? Thanks Don for sharing them with us. I love the milkweed too, it’s very pretty.
Jacqui

Nigel Venters (UK) took these photographs of White Monarchs emerging from their chrysalis at his homein England.
He says: “The White Monarchs were bred to confirm to me the recessive gene theory. If correct, a White […]

This is the cage my Dear Husband made for my wintering butterflies. I have another the same to transfer the butterflies into after they have been fed. We took the pictures outside so the light was better. Cheers Margie

The following from Bernie Farrell in England:
Living in the UK,where milkweed is not native,one of the commonest problems for monarch breeders is too many eggs and not enough milkweed.Over confidence invariably leads to having too many cats which seem fine when they are small but devour huge quantities of foodplant as […]

These photos are of Jacqui Knight, the Butterfly Lady, Mad. B. as she is affectionately known, and her Mazda 3 Butterflymobile.

This in from Bryan Jenkin, in Cambridge:
I checked out the reported cluster at Gwyneth Common, but during the night before, I was puzzling how I could manage to see any tags (instead of sleeping). I figured if I could get close enough with the camera, I could put the pic […]

Yes, they are raising Monarch caterpillars in England - but they are running low on milkweed so they are feeding the last instar larvae on butternut squash. These photographs from Gary Watson. Thanks Gary!

Photographs from Pieter Verhoeven - thanks Pieter.

These photos where taken in his Island Bay backyard March 2008 by Pieter Verhoeven. Aren’t they fantastic!

Can anyone please identify this pillar I found on my nettle plant. It’s not like my fluffy Admiral pillars. I would like to know if it is good or bad. Cheers Margie