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, May 13th, 2012
- Site: Home Garden
- Weather: 19C light breeze Overcast
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Cluster, and plenty flying around
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: Redwood
- Weather: 18C, light wind, bit of sun.
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Mating with a tattered male.
- Tag: HAR855
- Site: garden
- Weather: cool,windy,overcast
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
- Site: Home garden
- Trees: Pecans, totara, bamboo
- Weather: Warm, dry, windy
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
staff at Te Omanga Hospice in the Hutt Valley told me that monarchs wintered over on a pine tree in their gardens, not personally sighted, but no reason to doubt the staff
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
- Tag: HAN540
- Site: home garden
- Trees: swan plants
- Weather: sunshine/light wind
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Taking clothing off washing line, throwing pegs into peg bucket and noticed monarch butterfly inside bucket and closer inspection noticed the tag on wing.
- Tag: HAG910
- City/Region: Dannevirke
- Site: Backyard, peg bucket
- Trees: No trees.
- Weather: Sunshine, clear blue skies, no wind.
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Freshly hatched in our garden. Had trouble hanging on and was lying on its side for a few minutes unable to get up. Administered a few ml of honey water and it perked back up again. Is currently hanging nicely on a swan plant outside. Wing ever so slightly damaged but doesn’t look like it [...]
- Site: Home Garden
- Trees: Swan Plant
- Weather: Sunny 18 degrees
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Counted about 30 monarch butterflies hanging in a tree near the petanque terrain. Wings closed, previously seen flying around tree.
- Site: Maygrove Park
- Trees: Macrocarpa
- Weather: 17C, cloudy,
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Monarchs mating, very old.
- Site: home garden
- Trees: swan plants
- Weather: cloudy, cool
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