Invasion of Moths.
Reports from Kawhia state that an invasion of the dragon fly moths, in countless thousands, has caused a lot of inconvenience on the Kawhia township and district, and along the western seaboard. On a district farm a barn dance, to celebrate the coming-of-age of a member of the family was being held, but it had to be abandoned when the moths took possession of the building. Shopkeepers in Kawhia had to abandon artificial lighting on the late shopping night because the myriads of moths darkened the premises. A settler in the neighbourhood of Aotea Harbour declared that high tide mark was indicated by a heaped-up mass of dead moths several inches thick and for miles along the beach, the insects having fallen into the sea and been carried in by the incoming tides. Lupins on the sandhills and ragwort in other places were stripped of foliage, but other vegetation appears to have escaped destruction.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1938, Page 10
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157Invasion of Moths. Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 April 1938, Page 10
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