MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Sir, —In reply to your correspondent W. Owen Garland, re the monarch butterflv, I consider it is very early for them to make their appearance, though j saw three beautiful specimens some days before .Mr. Garland's observation, one 011 August 8 and two on the ninth, I may also state 1 saw one of those little'friends (?) of the garden—the while butterfly—on July 2">. I think this gives a very good indication of an early spring. W . L. Coocku. Sir—On noticing AY. Owen Garland's letter in this column re the early appearance of the monarch butterfly, I write to say that one flew into our garden on August 7 in the late afternoon, alighting on a cabbage tree, where it remained all night. Next morning about a couple ot hours alter sunrise it commenced flying about. As it seemed very tame, we followed it. and were lucky enough to obtain a snap of it. Living nearly 80 miles trout Auckland. we were not a little surprised to •see one so far north. No doubt, the warm weather at this time accounted for its early appearance. Kaiwaka. '-!• C. CoATHS.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23121, 20 August 1938, Page 19
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