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.
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Gorgeous Monarch is been repeatedly coming back to the patio to land on our milkweed plant.
- Site: Patio garden
- Trees: Milkweed
- Weather: Cool, no wind, clouds and some sun. 17˚C
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: Budlia/Swan Plant grown for this purpose
- Weather: All year
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
We have alot of butterfly in our garden and hundreds of caterpillars on our swan plants
- City/Region: Nelson
- Suburb: Tasman
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: Swan Plant
- Weather: Sunshine
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
This year we have had very few monarchs in Stoke.Oodles of porrible bright yellow aphids again taking over the plant.
- Site: home garden
- Trees: Swan plant
- Weather: mixed
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Seen feeding on Lantana montevidensis flowers at home
- Site: home garden
- Trees: Lantana montevidensis
- Weather: sun,cloudy
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
Flying and feeding on Mexican Daisy flowers and at bird table
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: taupata,
- Weather: SUnny 16C cool southerly wind
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Saw it fly through the gum trees of my backyard, this was possibly a male by the looks of it.
- City/Region: Masterton
- Suburb: Masterton
- Site: home garden
- Trees: gum trees, flying past them
- Weather: perfect, light winds and hot and dry 24*
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Saw it fly through the gum trees of my backyard, this was possibly a male by the looks of it.
- City/Region: Masterton
- Suburb: Masterton
- Site: home garden
- Trees: gum trees, flying past them
- Weather: perfect, light winds and hot and dry 24*
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Saw it fly through the gum trees of my backyard, this was possibly a male by the looks of it.
- City/Region: Masterton
- Suburb: Masterton
- Site: home garden
- Trees: Lemon Migrant. flying past gum trees
- Weather: perfect, light winds and hot and dry 24*
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Had 3 monarchs this morning flitting about and leaving eggs on my forest of swan plants.Last season my plants did not get all eaten & I probably had less than 100 butterflies fly away. Already about 20 have gone and I have 20-30 caterpillars out there at the moment. It\’s looking good. The wasp population [...]
- City/Region: Bay of Islands
- Suburb: Ohaeawai
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: a swan plant forest.
- Weather: fine day
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