Documenting my efforts raising Red and Yellow Admirals in New Zealand.
This blog is to document my efforts raising Red and Yellow Admiral Butterflies in New Zealand. After hearing that there are a lot fewer found in most areas of New Zealand, I decided to give them a helping hand, to try and establish a colony of them in my area. Until I began raising them, I had only ever seen one wild one visit my country garden in 30 years. I also raise other butterflies, moths and insects, so will include them here as well.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Red Admiral today
It was a bit difficult to get a good photo of this female Red Admiral, as she wasn't still for long. See the damage to the lower part of her wings? She laid quite a few eggs on the Urtica dioica (stinging nettle)
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