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I may yet get to a cricket match? The lack of butterflies saddens me. I've only seen three species so far this summer!
It seems the South Island has a better selection of species. I've seen coppers at Piha and a red admiral east of Tauranga. I have had the yellow admiral in the garden once last summer. I need to get out and about more. I have a couple of Urtica ferox plants in the hope of attracting passing vanessids.
I can just see it. Me tramping through the wilds of New Zealand while Vivienne, Heidi and the children sit in the car. I used to do this with a friend (George Thomson) in the late 70s collecting butterflies and photographs for a book on Scottish Butterflies, but we could be there and back in a day. I think once we are settled and more financially secure I may get myself a tent and venture afield? I'm going to start with local species.