HESSIAN FLY AND ENEMY.
":-About,the middle of January ]ast.(says ;a; ,Pre;s3'Assbo;atibii : telegram), the attention' of Mr..'A.":Macpherson ; (superintenderit of' ex-' perimental. statiohs'in .the South Island) was drawn to'-some affected-wheat; and barley'jn the.'.Tbtaratahi 'districtj ,Ota'gp, and; he'Beiit' specimens'.ito./the'Gpyernmeritrßiologist (Mr. T.'VW.' /ICirk)",-' who that the wheat and i.barley straws *containedj-.-;as .Buspected,' ■ hessian fly 'pupaej; and '.also one. hesßian' fly,' which \ had■;emerged; ; iri ; trarisif.. ; '■■' Mr.. Kirk 'stated-.that'.'the:.Department of 'Agriculture soinoiyears../ago,/when the.;fly!was causing" serious ~ damage ;in; New , • Zealand,; imported ■and liberated'a;nuinbejr of natural enemies; of tlie-fly—semiotellus/pigripes and; platygastcr. from'^the;straws ■ received from Totarat'ahi district,, when/placed:in' a.breed- ' ing cage, eiglit of „. these useful little/insects emerged;:..Tkisshowe.d;'Mr.':Kirk added, that these !natural/ enemies; of.'the .fly. are' ; still plentiful in-vtlie Dominion,- and will, hp felt sure,.soon.-.'breed.-and. control the peet as'they have'done in past year's. ■v ' •■--. ' ; : -i: '■'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 3
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125HESSIAN FLY AND ENEMY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 3
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