Picton fungi hexagon
On its natural larval hostplant here the local endemic broom Carmichaelia appressa
Silvestre/ Wild growth
Whizzing about in the sunshine, doing what he do
On U. urens — I've been letting nettles grow all over the yard to attract them, and I've seen plenty of adults pass through, but this is the first time seeing caterpillars here. Not like I raised and released like twenty of them here last season, ungrateful buggers
Munching holes in my backyard tī kōuka (purpurea cultivar)
They did smell like onions