A FRUIT-PEST DESTROYER.
j WORK INiHAWKE'S'BAY. ' The! Orchard/Inspector... in Haivke's Bay reports that, on visiting several orchards in and around Hastings, which are. : somewhat badly., infested with woolly(. aphis,, or American blight, ho has noticed, a'common New Zealand ladybird—the- eleven-spotted ladybird—doing good work by feeding upon the aphis. Ho states that close observation extending over several days clearly demonstrated that these useful little insects effected a very considerable improvement in the condition of affected . trees —in , some instances tho trees were almost cleaned. A fortnight later he found that the ladybirds were disappearing Tapidly from the orchards, but that, wherever the number had been large, the pood that- had been done w;as. unmistakable. .This ladybird lis;.readily, recognised as.of red colour, witli'eleven black spots.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1097, 8 April 1911, Page 8
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123A FRUIT-PEST DESTROYER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1097, 8 April 1911, Page 8
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