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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yay!

These are monarch butterflies? Do our ones hibernate rather than migrate?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

They overwinter! There was an article just recently talking about how there are not as many Monarchs being spotted hibernating this winter: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/butterfly-experts-call-for-help-with-drop-in-monarch-butterfly-sightings-strange-winter-trend/W7ZMLXM7IZEDTCHTSGAM4B6QMU/

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Huh. I few weeks back I was in Hawera, and stopped at a park there. There was a tree absolutely swarming with what looked like monarchs. I managed to find a picture!

photo of many monarch butterflies swarming a tree

Now I know what it was!

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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