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.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
20+ monarchs ? resting, flying high amoung the leaves of a silver birch tree. Beautiful.
- Site: Edgar McIntosh park
- Trees: Silver birch
- Weather: Clear sunny day, 18 degrees
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
- Tag: HAP151
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: in the dirt DEAD! Near Carpet Rose
- Weather: May (winter)
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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Colours bright – newly hatched; flew round our garden then went across the road to where there are some rhodedendrons in flower + lots of bushes for it to shelter in overnight.
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: Azaleas, lily of the valley bush, port wine magnolias, camellias, rhodedendrons, 'native' bushes
- Weather: Fine but cold
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
We have watched the chrysalis (attached to outdoor furniture) for a few weeks now. It changed from dark green with gold flecks to transparents in last 5 days. This morning found the monarch on the grass nearly being attacked by ants! Have placed her somewhere safe for wings to dry out and hoping she will [...]
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: None
- Weather: Cold, windy, sunny patches
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
There have been large numbers of Monarchs visiting my garden and laying eggs since late Spring. Latest sighting was yesterday when 2 butterflies came into the garden. 1 battered by cat but both looked in relatively bright new colouration.
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: Swanplant, 2 port-wine-magnolias, 5 yesterday-today-tomorrow bushes, native bush in neighbours garden, bush in various other neighbours gardens
- Weather: This has been a prolonged period of several months.
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Monday, May 14th, 2012
There are about 20 swanplants in this garden which are frequented by large numbers of Monarchs. These lay their eggs; eggs hatch…..ending with more Monarchs hatching out and flying off. There are always Monarchs flying around every time I visit this garden.
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: Large numbers of fruit trees, conifirs, etc.
- Weather: All temperatures during season
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Monarch flying around and landing on shrubbery garden
- Tag: HAB385
- Site: home garden
- Trees: flax, polygala, flowering cherry,lily of valley tree, protea,chinese toon,pink flowering shrub?
- Weather: fine
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