A new butterfly to look out for

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A new butterfly to look out for

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Thu Nov 06, 2014 10:08 am

Honshu white admiral butterflies have been released in the Waikato region as a biocontrol for Japanese honeysuckle.
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Re: A new butterfly to look out for

Postby SomesBirder » Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:29 pm

In February we were told: “…butterflies were seen at the initial release site in January which means they have successfully completed a generation in the field, which is extremely promising. We will need to wait until next spring to evaluate how well they are doing…”

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nothing more about them since early 2015, then?
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Re: A new butterfly to look out for

Postby Oscar Thomas » Sat Mar 11, 2017 5:26 pm

They have been released on Waiheke Island as well: https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.gov ... eke-weeds/
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Re: A new butterfly to look out for

Postby Steps » Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:40 am

The Honshu white admiral has successfully established in the Waikato after releases in 2014 and this month’s release on Waiheke is actually the second for the island.

Auckland Council's Biosecurity Advisor for Waiheke, Deryn Dromgoole, says the previous Waiheke butterfly release and Landcare’s breeding programme has suffered a few setbacks since 2014, but the programme is fully up and running now.


I wonder how these 2 1 in 100 yr water dump storms have effected it?
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