A Destructive Pest
The following letter has been received from Sir James Hector :— " Wellington, 13th, 1892. " W. E. Cunningham, Esq., " Beaconsfield. " Dear Sir, — The grass grubs which you sent me are the larvae of the common New Zealand cockchaffer (stethaspis suturaUs). It is abundant everywhere and does great damage to grass paddocks. Mr Hudson in his recently published work on N.Z. insects, which should be in everyone's hands, says it " threatens ere long to become as great a pest as its first cousin, the renouned cockchaffer of Englaud whose fearful ravages need no description." The perfect beetle appears in November, and flies about a foot above the ground with a loud humming noise. " Yours truly, James Hector.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 150, 16 June 1892, Page 2
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117A Destructive Pest Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 150, 16 June 1892, Page 2
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