Caterpillar Pest.
Several fisherman who visited the north hank of ihe- Wuituld, says tlie “ North Otago Times,” aaw a strange sight for this land of small birds. As th' i y woro returning from the river they passed through a largo area of a clover paddoclc covered with caterpillars. The caterpillars had settled d?Uvn on the clover, which they wore consuming. To estimite their numbers would like calculating the grains of sand on the sea shore, but had they been evenly distributed over the ground they would have covered an area of about 10 acres. Bef >re the introduction of small birds caterpillars were one of the most destructive nests the farmer had to contend against, and I heir numbers on the north bank of the Wnitaki is probably due to the fact that there are very few, if any, small birds there. The place is hedgeless and treeless, and offers no shelter for the birds. The wheels of the tr p as they passed over the ground left a bl ck lino of crushed caterpillars behind thorn to mark their course.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22206, 27 February 1900, Page 3
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182Caterpillar Pest. Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22206, 27 February 1900, Page 3
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