THE CATERPILLAR PEST.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 April 1910, Page 2

THE CATERPILLAR PEST.

A NATHi V, KXOIY. [r;:i: hmcss association.') (■'MIJISTCIirUCII, April 11. \ luciil i"iil is I. has made sonic ii■' i : •'•tiiijj c\ :UHIIIM on llii' c:i i. ;iill n r pest llnit. did .such cx--1 cv-i\-c da mage hi '.lit' crops in Canterbury lately. lie colli'i-iivl filly. I)] ■! t: 1 tliaiu in ;i box willi two iiifi-.rs of ('•i:' t! ! :i< Ihi' li'.'i.ioin, an-:! >■]■ ■ ] i: \ i!- {:» l':i : lif n1 e ob r vrval ic'ii. In ! liniirs evcrv eaicrpilliir had <iin 1c into the soil. i'i 1 ■' 1 \'■!i iv-' !•! s-v i wa-" a chrv•alis. in L'K dnvs lli!» I»;ilcli bad lu-cn finnci i i-;l inlo ii;nl'.s <if a slat;. L't'i'v colour, having I'onr uiiurs. Willi lb" moths appeared severd bine flics, not unlike blow-flies. I rf •: in ■ <'!" r ami iuor:> .active. Abo 1;; me-third of tin-, chrysalides hi ; !);>(• n destroyed by a maggot. air' the scientist concluded that t ( <- blue !lv wa« file natural enemy i.f t|'o pesf. leid its i"l'S on the cn +c! n:H:11"" b'i"\. and the e«g w; c baiebed out underground.