RAVAGES OF THE BORER

Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1923, Page 4

RAVAGES OF THE BORER

ATi.Nf KB ON ME I'AL-L A report from Invercargill that ik l ! :t! i.ucr had raton its .way through 1 !■ d nicies c« i:some amusement i ' f.Vehe n:o;it It-, a re. Ac; ceding In j Mr .1. NY. Roy u ton. S.M.. of A tickj i.t::d t hi.- i •i: uln a loi or. v, it D a pen - ; lie s'sic-: Tat; the American Dcparit Ol.'at of Agri'-ul'll’e. ill i(s 11.-t ol | tlbliI ■ : • far J;::::i:iiv h'-t. an minus o:.•• I utulcd "The Lead ('utile Borer," or | “.-short ( ircuit Beetle." in Calii'erida j ;ary i.i' the borer, ami the damage it : , 1 ... s to various ma.iiit? tetured articles : al, and jrivng tbe result- e l ' , tmt ••. J exp riiHCiits ; oielucii-d in V a!i 1 ft,ruia and Yirgiiiia. Mr I’oyutte, ! .eggest- that the !:ercr ill (jce-lion may ! );•: ve made its appearance in New Zen - j laud. | Pi ;P:ic". cf Hu- c turnon wood borer. | '’ r Bo": il it bad been c-timated j i'"at i: tii.l < I •mi age to the extent of j .-very year, and he tlieught its t ont ml would he a profitable -id:j i,l lor re caraii bv scientific instil u- | Hoc.-. Tbe female. he meut :ei:ed. | merged from affected weed idea., Noi vemher. and lived until May. all the I limn dep.i-iring ter eggs cu nimbi ' | ati surfaces. Eacii iemcle laid Ll.- ! iegg-, am!, on latt.-bing. tbe iuiioitc ! ! i-vii." I."g : in to luioi I into loe limber, j The female naturally required consider- ! :d,lc qu.autilies of imnrisliment during . iiic heavy lad; and his idea wa- I bat B I her,- to iit: lb- at in large nitm’-.-rs. • | ' CX2.-: rsrcN