Friday 27 April 2012

Monarch Butterflies

Has anyone seen monarch butterflies in Pukawa recently?.
I haven't seen any so I was surprised to see 8 caterpillars on a swan plant.
Unfortunateky the beastly soldier beetle also arrived and has killed the caterpillars one by one. I have squashed three beetles but usually by the time I see them the damage is done.  The butterflies may still arrive but it is getting very late even for this area.

Glorious Autumn

We have experienced the most wonderful Autumn weather over the entire month of April with several small amounts of rain to freshen things up. We don't remember having so many lovely sunny days and with little wind, it has been most enjoyable.
Yesterday Friday 27th we had light rain over night followed by steady rain all morning resulting in 20mls which would do so much good in the bush. I noticed on Thursday how very dry the bush was, the leaves "crinkled" as I walked.

Earthquake reports.

We often have reports of earthquakes in the Taupo region but at the bottom end of the lake we seldom if ever feel  them so no shakes here at Pukawa.