During winter frosts occur on clear, still nights. As the air outdoors gets closer to freezing (0o C), the surface temperature of your plants can go below freezing causing ice […]
Imagine biking from Mexico to Canada and back again, with no support crew… just millions of monarchs to guide and encourage you. Sara Dykman wanted to raise awareness of the […]
We love hearing from our members. Marion Leahy wrote to us recently about raising monarchs. This is what she shared with us: I began studying the monarch butterfly life cycle […]
January 7, 2022 – 10:31 AM
There are about 2,000 species of wasp in NZ and the five species that are a nuisance to us humans give the others a bad name. If you are encouraging […]
December 26, 2021 – 12:56 PM
Have you run out of milkweed (swan plant) and been tempted to feed them an alternative? Please don’t do it. Monarchs are milkweed butterflies, and their host plant is milkweed. […]
December 4, 2021 – 12:31 AM
Aphids are very much a part of the complex natural jigsaw that is your garden. We need to understand the part they play in a ‘butterfly habitat’. In an earlier […]
November 26, 2021 – 12:28 PM
There were five entries in our T-shirt contest which we ran in conjunction with Print Mighty. The winner will receive their T-shirt printed free of charge, colour and style according to […]
November 25, 2021 – 3:09 AM
Are there more or less monarch butterflies in NZ today?
November 5, 2021 – 4:55 PM
Over the past 4-5 weeks my cinerarias have been delighting me… and the occasional butterfly has stopped by to enjoy them too. Cinerarias are a winter-spring flowering annual, and once […]
October 27, 2021 – 2:16 PM
Fantastic facts about NZ’s monarch butterflies!
