Reports of sightings
These are reports of Monarch Butterfly sightings throughout New
Zealand (mostly!). You can contribute by reporting Monarch sightings
and also by reporting pest sightings
in your area.
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
- Suburb: Avonhead
- Site: home garden
- Trees: swan plant
- Weather: sunshine
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Sunday, January 4th, 2009
laying eggs on swan plnts
- Suburb: Frankleigh Park
- Site: above address
- Weather: fine slight breeze
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
2 only females hatched this morning
- Suburb: Massey
- Site: home garden
- Trees: In butterfly house
- Weather: sunny and warm
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
monarchs consistantly flying around home, alighting on swan plant & laying eggs. Many caterpillars!
- City/Region: Auckoand
- Suburb: Epsom
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: several
- Weather: sunshine
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
Didn’t see the butterfly, but found its eggs on swan plants.
- Suburb: Waipara
- Site: Home garden
- Weather: 29C, NW wind, mild sunshine.
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
We see at least 1 butterfly each day
- Suburb: Tauranga South
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: large dogwood trees along the back fenceline,no swan plants in the immediate area that I am aware of
- Weather: Hot, sunshine
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
fluttering about then found my swan plants planted 5 weeks earlier
- Suburb: Featherston
- Site: home garden
- Trees: coreopsis daisies, diosma shrub, swan plant
- Weather: sun/hot/breezy
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
2 males hatched this morning in our butterfly house.
- Suburb: Massey
- Site: butterfly house
- Trees: swan plants
- Weather: Very warm and raining off and on.
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Seen afew both on a flowering privet
and on my swan plants.All times of the day.Been around the last month at least
- Suburb: Allenton
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: Privet next door which is flowering
- Weather: 30deg sunshine
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
We have a huge swan plant that has seen up to 20 butterflies hatcihng from.
- Suburb: Strandon
- Site: home garden
- Trees: swan plants
- Weather: variety - hot cold, sunny, wet, windy
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