ELUSIVE BEETLE
DEVONPORT MAN’S QUEST FOUND AFTER FIVE YEARS Last week a resident of Devonport joyfully finished a quest which had lasted for five years. In 1926 he noticed a handsome orange-tinted beetle on some citrus trees, but failed to capture it. His report -of the incident to well-known entomologists led them to suspect that the beetle was a visitor from Queensland. Diligent search, however, failed during fiv£ years to find any further trace of the showy insects, until last week, when two were seen. In his excitement, the Devonport man again failed in the efforts at capturing the beetles, but a promise of a reward to any boy who could locate one had the desired effect, and a prisoner beetle is now engaging the attention of experts. The stranger’s light orange-coloured case is spotted with black.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 11
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137ELUSIVE BEETLE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 958, 29 April 1930, Page 11
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