Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch Help protect the butterflies of New Zealand! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Urtica australis http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/29/urtica-australis/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/29/urtica-australis/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:51:12 +0000 Jane http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11264
Urtica australis

Urticaaustralis2 ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/29/urtica-australis/feed/ 0 Chrysalis not closed properly http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/26/chrysalis-not-closed-properly-2/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/26/chrysalis-not-closed-properly-2/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:48:12 +0000 jacqui@bitbybit.co.nz http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11250 I have plenty of normal chrysalises, but these two just seemed to not have closed up properly. Just wondering, if this could be a disease? Has anyone seen anything like this?

Thanks,

Moni

DSC008182 DSC008172 ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/26/chrysalis-not-closed-properly-2/feed/ 0 Lesser Wanderer http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/24/lesser-wanderer-3/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/24/lesser-wanderer-3/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:45:02 +0000 NormTwigge http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11234
Photo of the female Lesser Wanderer that was caught in my garden yesterday. 

2012_01240024 ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/24/lesser-wanderer-3/feed/ 2 More Admiral caterpillar colour variations http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/more-admiral-caterpillar-colour-variations/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/more-admiral-caterpillar-colour-variations/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:57:17 +0000 Jane http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11219
 

Admiral-pale-variants-18 Admiral-pale-variants-8 ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/more-admiral-caterpillar-colour-variations/feed/ 0 Close ups of Admiral larvae pale variants showing detail http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/close-ups-of-admiral-larvae-pale-variants-showing-detail/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/close-ups-of-admiral-larvae-pale-variants-showing-detail/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:31:26 +0000 Jane http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11214

Close ups of Admiral larvae pale variants showing detail and colour variations

Admiral-pale-variants-11 Admiral-pale-variants-13 Admiral-pale-variants-9 ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/19/close-ups-of-admiral-larvae-pale-variants-showing-detail/feed/ 0 Wasp attacking Monarch Caterpillar http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/18/wasp-attacking-monarch-caterpillar/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/18/wasp-attacking-monarch-caterpillar/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:50:38 +0000 jacqui@bitbybit.co.nz http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11209


These nests are now empty, but the adult sits guarding them by hanging onto the back of the nest.

Asian-paper-wasp-nest-now-empty Asian-paper-wasp-nest-empty-now ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/17/photos-to-go-with-paper-wasp-post/feed/ 0 Moth, Waipawa River http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/14/moth-waipawa-river/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/14/moth-waipawa-river/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:16:46 +0000 jacqui@bitbybit.co.nz http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11194 Mike Lusk writes:

“I was botanising in the headwaters of the Waipawa River in Ruahine Forest Park (Hawkes Bay) and got a pic of this beast, nicely camouflaged on a greywacke boulder.”

Can anyone identify it?

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/14/moth-waipawa-river/feed/ 0 Cinnabar Moth Pupae, Cinnabar and Magpie Moth http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/13/cinnabar-moth-pupae-cinnabar-and-magpie-moth/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/13/cinnabar-moth-pupae-cinnabar-and-magpie-moth/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:24:06 +0000 Anna http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11186
 Here is a couple of photos of the Cinnabar Moth pupae, and caterpillar, and another of Cinnabar Moth pupae, and Magpie Moth pupae for comparison.
 All but one of mine have pupated now.
 Both the Cinnabar and Magpie Moth did well on a diet of ragwort, and groundsel.
 Both pupated in scrunched up tissue paper.
Anna

Cinnabar/Magpie Moth comparison Cinnabar Moth Pupae ]]> http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/13/cinnabar-moth-pupae-cinnabar-and-magpie-moth/feed/ 0 Admiral larvae http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/12/admiral-larvae-2/ http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2012/01/12/admiral-larvae-2/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:44:13 +0000 Jane http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/?p=11183
This photo goes with the thread ‘Breeding Yellow Admirals’

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