Trap for White Butterflies.
One of Hie natural checks to the
spread of the white butterfly, it has been discovered, is a vine, generally known as the “codlin moth” vine. One example, in a garden in Logan Terrace, Parnell, Auckland, entraps four or five white butterflies in its flowers every day. They are lured by the strong sweet smell of the flowers and become caught in the sticky substance covering the inner surfaces. The owner of the vino, Mr. E. W. Shipton. purchased it as part of an order for six passion fruit vines. In appearance it. somewhat resembles a passion fruit vine, but its flowers are much smaller.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 101, 23 January 1935, Page 16
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109Trap for White Butterflies. Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 101, 23 January 1935, Page 16
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