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Global Butterfly Emergency!
Monday, 7 October 2024, 6:03 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
“Here in NZ we should be worried as well,” said Jacqui Knight, founding trustee of the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT). Most NZers don’t even know about the beautiful species we do have. If you don’t know something exists, you don’t ... More >>
Where Are The Monarchs?
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 8:29 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Monarch butterfly lovers up and down the country are worried. Each year there appear to be less monarch butterflies gathering at recognised overwintering sites – but it is very difficult to quantify the actual numbers. More >>
Bring Back the Red Admiral!
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 8:38 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
What’s red, and rarer than a ruru? It’s also an endemic species… unique to New Zealand. The answer is our beautiful red admiral butterfly. Most Aucklanders don’t remember the red admiral which was common in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau before ... More >>
Save Our Butterflies
Monday, 1 May 2023, 5:38 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Ninety-three percent of New Zealand’s native butterflies and moths are unique to Aotearoa! They are found nowhere else in the world – and if they die out, they can never be reintroduced. The family of copper butterflies is a great example. They ... More >>
Butterfly Extinction On The Cards? Unravelling The Mystery
Sunday, 23 October 2022, 6:09 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
There is a mystery to be solved with NZ’s copper butterfly species and The Butterfly Discovery Project has been established to find and fund a PhD student to solve it, with the help of a Givealittle page. Long story short: The mystery goes back to Cook’s ... More >>
Monarch Butterfly Endangered?
Saturday, 23 July 2022, 7:18 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Butterfly-lovers in NZ are distressed that the monarch butterfly ( Danaus plexippus plexippus ) has joined the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as ‘Endangered’. “It is the migrating monarch, which travels each year long distances between Canada ... More >>
Kiwi Scientists And Volunteers Launch Mission To Identify Unnamed New Zealand Butterflies
Friday, 27 May 2022, 9:50 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Can you imagine not having a name? Believe it or not, the majority of our butterflies have not yet been described! In fact, less than 50% of New Zealand’s insects have a scientific description at all. Scientific names are the key to understanding the ... More >>
Rare Morph Of Monarch Butterfly Found In NZ
Monday, 21 February 2022, 7:33 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Nivosus Megan Williams 2 and usual monarch An extremely rare form of monarch butterfly has been found in a Netherton, Waikato, garden... Not once, but two specimens, on the same day! The nivosus morph is extremely rare around the world wherever monarch ... More >>
Action Needed Now To Save NZ’s Butterflies
Sunday, 10 October 2021, 5:57 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Shocking statistics have been released by the UK wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation about the decline in the number of butterflies and moths in Britain. According to their Senior Surveys Officer, this year’s results show that the average number ... More >>
Where are the monarchs?
Monday, 30 December 2019, 8:58 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
A survey over recent weeks by the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust shows real concern for the health of NZ’s monarch butterfly population. More >>
Where are the monarchs?
Monday, 30 December 2019, 8:07 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
A survey over recent weeks by the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust shows real concern for the health of NZ’s monarch butterfly population. More >>
Are we losing butterfly species?
Sunday, 10 November 2019, 12:26 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Trustees of the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust endorse the call of Environment Commissioner, Simon Upton, for more cohesive data collection and knowledge about this country’s biodiversity. More >>
Tagging Monarchs
Sunday, 4 March 2018, 1:59 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
by Joan Fairhall, joan@monarch.org.nz Are you aware of the nationwide monarch tagging programme that’s been running for the past 12 years? More >>
Where are the monarch butterflies?
Sunday, 30 July 2017, 1:04 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
“Where are monarch butterflies overwintering,” she asks. “We have received reports of new locations this year but nothing from other parts of NZ. And in some parts of the country females are still laying eggs and caterpillars munching away.” More >>
Rare butterfly becomes a target
Monday, 5 December 2016, 9:30 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
The search is on for the endangered native forest ringlet butterfly. More >>
Convenience food mentality affects monarchs
Monday, 21 September 2015, 10:05 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Monarch butterflies are suffering, not only from wasps and pesticide use, but also from a ‘convenience food mentality’ says the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. More >>
Great lesser wanderer wonder!
Thursday, 12 February 2015, 9:44 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
Have you noticed any unusual caterpillars on your swan plant this season? Many people have found what looks like a monarch caterpillar but it has a ‘a third set of antennae’. More >>
Where are the Monarch butterflies?
Friday, 21 November 2014, 12:42 pm | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
“Where are the Monarchs? That’s a question I’m hearing more and more every day these past few months,” said Jacqui Knight from the Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. More >>
Wasps a Royal Pain
Monday, 28 July 2014, 11:08 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
The Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust is concerned at the apparent scarcity of Monarch butterflies overwintering this year. More >>
Poisoned swan plants
Monday, 27 January 2014, 10:26 am | Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust
The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust is warning all butterfly gardeners to be careful when buying plants for the most royal of butterflies, the Monarch. More >>
