The official account of the not-for-profit organisation, Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust, ensuring New Zealand’s biodiversity promotes a thriving moth and butterfly population 🦋 nzbutterflies.org.nzhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3mkf5klnfwc2zHelp our butterflies, join the MBNZT. Your membership helps us volunteers with vital projects for NZ species. Join now to go in the draw for a double pass (worth $50) to see CATERPILLAR in cinemas soon. All financial members qualify. Closes 30 April. www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/members/join/26 Apr 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkf5klnfwc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3m3zbuq47vs2hNot sure about posting this contest here... but here goes - link is on linktr.ee/mbnzt25 Oct 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3zbuq47vs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3m3qpsmrijc2pLink to our contest: linktr.ee/mbnzt Today it's Heliotrope. Deep purple, fragrant flowers rich in nectar, a major drawcard for butterflies and pollinators. Low, spreading growth, beautiful, lush, dark green-burgundy foliage. #YatesNZ #butterfliesneednectar #mbnzt22 Oct 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qpsmrijc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3m3nzehmvtc2mWe've been a bit busy in Wellington 🙂 so haven't been able to post about our fantastic new contest. You can see what we've been doing: tinyurl.com/GovHNZ4MB And even better, enter our contest for Yates NZ National Gardening Week, full details here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1351760026349802 Please SHARE20 Oct 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nzehmvtc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lzfhncmhik25This is a tiny little copper butterfly, Lycaena species, only found in NZ! But which one? Thanks to a grant from Canon Oceania we will be closer to identifying exactly what species it is! #MBNZT #CanonANZ #ButterflyDiscoveryProject More information here: https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/project/butterfly-discovery-project/22 Sep 2025 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzfhncmhik25https://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lytbbud6yk2lFor Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori we are sharing a few whakataukī (proverbs) with you... so why not follow us and learn a little Te Reo? Mā te huruhuru ka rere te manu, translated is "adorn the bird with feathers so it may fly". Plant for butterflies is planting for the future! #TeWikioteReoMāori14 Sep 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lytbbud6yk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3ly2h5v4w7s2505 Sep 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2h5v4w7s25https://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3ly2h55uqqk25To help butterflies and moths this summer, NOW is a great time to do our two-hour Online Course. It will give you lots of ideas how to help our beautiful butterflies. Check it out here: www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/product/online-course/ #mbnzt #conservationweek2025 #conservationweek @docgovtnz https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/product/online-course/05 Sep 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2h55uqqk25https://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lxxpdr4uic22Everyone can learn the simple basics of ecosysems just by planting a swan plant. The wonder of metamorphosis is a miracle! www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/about-us/faqs/ #mbnzt #conservationweek2025 #conservationweek @docgovtnz03 Sep 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxpdr4uic22https://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lxvqygxk6c2mMuehlenbeckia is a quick growing plant that supports many NZ Lepidoptera! If you're trimming it, plant those cuttings! #mbnzt #conservationweek2025 #conservationweek @docgovtnz03 Sep 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxvqygxk6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lxt6fwpqps2sIt's so good to see people utilising native nettles in their gardens and conservation projects. Not only is it teh host for our beautiful admiral species BUT there are TEN other native Lepidoptera species which rely on this plant to breed! #mbnzt #conservationweek2025 #conservationweek @docgovtnz02 Sep 2025 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxt6fwpqps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lxnws2rmac2xFor butterfly-loving Kiwis, would you like to WIN this Conservation Week, things for your garden? Please COMMENT below, SHARE on your BlueSKy account, tell us what you are doing for Conservation Week. We'll all learn from what you're doing... and it will all be good for our beautiful biodiversity.31 Aug 2025 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxnws2rmac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lxlnhlgwkc2kConservation Week in NZ begins tomorrow. Follow our social media to see what our wonderful volunteers have scheduled for YOU to take action for nature, for the good of our Lepidoptera. PS There's even incentives for those who share what they've been doing for our Lepidoptera! linktr.ee/mbnzt30 Aug 2025 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxlnhlgwkc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lryh2ykuhs2r✨ Mānawatia a Matariki! ✨🦋 Celebrate Matariki and reflect on the beauty and uniqueness of Aotearoa.🐛🦋 Just like the stars they guide us to value and care for small wonders around us. 🌿🌠 Protect what’s rare, cherish what’s ours! #Matariki2025 #NZButterflies #ConservationNZ #butterflies #moths19 Jun 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryh2ykuhs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lpi3q3fyqc2mThis is the beautiful chocolate royal, moderately rare now in Singapore. We can take many suggestions from what they're doing in Singapore to protect their butterflies, moths, and other pollinators to improve conditions for our own. Read more here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/home-and-garden/butterfly-gardens-and-the-revival-of-singapore-s-pollinators/ss-AA1DHTUN?ocid=socialshare #pollinators #mbnzt18 May 2025 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpi3q3fyqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lp3zu6ywsc2mIt's National Primary Science Week! Check out our monarch tagging project and some other butterfly science projects as a way to engage kids in STEM learning! https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/project/tagging/ From caterpillar to butterfly: youtu.be/SzGZHKaf5IE The floating butterfly: youtu.be/SzGZHKaf5IE14 May 2025 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3zu6ywsc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lohhupwyos2zTwo more tagged monarchs were spotted on May 3 by Kathy Reid in Redwood Park, Christchurch! The first one (WAC413) was tagged by June on 13 February in Redwood, about 1.4 km. The other, (WAA715) was tagged on 4 March by Diane in Casebrook (1.9 km away). Both are males.05 May 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lohhupwyos2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lnwakkckmc2bIn the past MBNZT and our financial supporters ran a campaign to educate growers and garden centres that people wanted to buy caterpillar friendly swan plants untouched by pesticides. Become a financial member before April 30th and help support similar initiatives!29 Apr 2025 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnwakkckmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lnt2nnq2bk2zJust like you we’re seriously concerned about what’s happening to NZ’s monarch butterflies. This season we are tagging and keeping a record of where and when they’re seen again. We’d love to have you involved: www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/project/tagging/27 Apr 2025 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt2nnq2bk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lnt2i45nec2zSpotted by a visitor on the Routeburn Track, this photo appeared in our free e-news. "It's an orange-underwing, Paranotoreas zopyra, a widespread montane to alpine day-flying geometrid (moth) of our South Island mountains" said Brian Patrick. Learn more here: https://inaturalist.ca/.../394448.../browse_photos27 Apr 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt2i45nec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lnjvh7evw22yLast century everyone around the country knew the red admiral, kahukura, endemic to NZ. But recently it had disappeared from Auckland. That’s why our financial members have helped to bring it back! Learn more: www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/project/red-admiral-project/24 Apr 2025 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjvh7evw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lnf3dy23hc2tButterfly gardens encourage children to ask questions and think critically about the world around them. Become a financial member by April 31st and help support our educational projects!!22 Apr 2025 06:45 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnf3dy23hc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3ln7jbb645k27Autumn Action! For only $40 a year you can make an important contribution to our conservation and educational projects, and receive our quarterly magazine! Join by April 31st to get the chance to be entered into our giveaway for financial members. Please join here: nzbutterflies.org.nz/members/join/20 Apr 2025 01:38 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln7jbb645k27https://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3ln37v7rx522eEarth day is approaching 🌏… 4 days left! Join us at Eco Fest on April 22 in Blockhouse Bay! We have face painting, seed bomb making, caterpillar pencils, and more for the whole family! Learn more about ways to earn prizes as well at this link: www.nz butterflies.org.nz/ecofest-2025-jacqui-knight/18 Apr 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln37v7rx522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lmyksq4n2c2z🦋How is Tam affecting our butterflies? 👉 https://mailchi.mp/nzbutterflies/e-news-2025041817 Apr 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmyksq4n2c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lmxkzqijbc2sSimilar to the monarch butterfly, the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) migrates huge distances from Africa to Europe each year, over numerous generations. You can read more about their amazing migration here: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/04/16/g-s1-59897/painted-lady-butterflies-migration-photos (Photo, thanks Wikipedia).16 Apr 2025 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxkzqijbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3llxocfvaas2kIt's time for our Autumn Cuttings Sale! Please check out the information on the website and make your orders by following the instructions: https://www.nzbutterflies.org.nz/product/cuttings/ #nzbutterflies #gardening #butterflygardening #monarchbutterflies04 Apr 2025 05:21 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxocfvaas2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3llfp5dj6mk2kWe have once again teamed up with our friends at Kohab NZ to celebrate the launch of our brand new Kohab Branch - ideal for feeding your garden butterflies. Head over to our facebook page to get more details on how to enter and get the chance to win a prize pack valued at $75! Drawing on March 31!28 Mar 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfp5dj6mk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lla7xbwfg22kCheck out this report published today in The Guardian by Jaap De Roode, biologist at the US's Emory College of Arts and Sciences. A super interesting read about the ecology and evolution of parasites that attack the monarch butterfly: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/25/medical-secrets-wildlife-wisdom?fbclid=IwY2xjawJQAAxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQea0Bjh9ngh2pWiifaLrpuNk1yEjVJvtgQkqLoSfdzwS9Hu-EXeLdKnsQ_aem_H6DIYveLALSMEulNhFV2Ag25 Mar 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lla7xbwfg22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mbnzt.bsky.social/post/3lkysoeybgc2jRadio New Zealand (National Radio), Jim Mora, "Sunday Morning", 23 March 2025. Did you notice a lack of monarchs this past summer? Check out Jacqui's conversation with Jim Mora to learn more about the issue and see what you can do to help! 👉 https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday #monarch #monarchbutterfly22 Mar 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:2iefdfhigmvxauhetbnluttp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkysoeybgc2j