Museums and Galleries / January 2009
February 2009 | December 2008-
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A Menu for Monarchs
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- In the summer months I get plenty of phone calls and emails from monarch butterfly fanciers, all with a common problem: Monarch butterfly caterpillar (Photo credit: R Sharell, Copyright Te Papa “My swan plants are almost stripped bare yet I have so many monarch butterfly caterpillars I really don’t know what to do. Is there anything else I can feed the caterpillars on?” This problem arise
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Disguised in the bush - a plant mimic
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- Last weekend, when I should have been writing grant applications, I was dragged out for a bush-walk. However, my arm didn’t have to be twisted too hard, since it was a fine day and the track between Kiriwhakapapa and Blue Range is lovely (although steep). Alseuosmia pusilla Alseuosmia pusilla was abundant along the track. This is a very interesting little shrub. It looks a LOT like a juveni
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Lancewood hunting
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- Field-work is one of the best aspects of working as a Natural Environment curator at Te Papa. I get to spend about three weeks a year in the field collecting plant specimens. Te Papa’s 4WD. If seen outside Wellington, there is a good chance this vehicle is being used to collect plants, whales, or fossils. I’ve recently returned from ten days field-work in the South Island, collecting samples for
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