http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch Help protect the Monarch butterfly in New Zealand! Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en several butterflies enjoying newly opened flowers on peach and plumtrees-- I hope they will make up for the lack of bees-- I expect a bumper crop as a result http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/09/04/waverley-2008-09-04-150000/ Fluttered past my lounge window several times as though looking for somewhere to land http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/31/levin-horowhenua-2008-08-31-131500/ 2 butterflies mating on garden fence. http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/27/nelson-2008-08-27-120000/ It was sitting on a book, Very battered, Its wings were all ripped and seemed to have not formed properly and it had a broken leg, but very alive. http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/26/taupo-taupo-2008-08-26-080000/ Butterflies everywhere-- enjoying plum flowers, Magnolia,Blackwood acacia,bottlebrush ,agonis and tree lucen. There seems to be 4 or5 in each tree and more fluttering around.Obviously more than half a dozen have survived our awful weather. http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/25/staranaki-waverley-2008-08-25-100000/ large number of monarchs seen up amongst the pine trees at back of park http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/23/wellington-newtown-2008-08-23-110000/ group of 7 sunning themselves on old Rhododendon tree. Pink. http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/22/nelson-the-wood-2008-08-22-114500/ Saw three monarchs flying around, one also had another attached as they were flying (mating). http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/21/kilbirnie-2008-08-21-134500/ One female feeding on jasmine flowers http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/21/nelson-2008-08-21-114500/ first monarchs for a couple of months http://www.monarch.org.nz/monarch/2008/08/21/havelock-nth-2008-08-21-103000/