Warning to Fruit Growers and Others.
The undersigned lias received notice of a beetle destroying the apple in New South Wales, imported from California. The larva of this insect attacks the apple in a manner so similar to that of the codlin moth that not much difference is perceptible in the appearanceJor condition of the fcuit. Mr Fraser S. Crawford, the Adelaide scientist, describes these larva, several of which, infest the Bame applets" footless" grabs of a beetle, the largest being one tenth of an inch 1 long, and half that width, white or pale rose color, head white, This insect, if notalready in New Zealand, may arrive with any shipment of fruit, and when once established may prove a worse pest tliaa even the codlin moth, and a harder one to fight, Therefore all persons finding I such insects are earnestly requested to destroy them at once, and any sped- . mens sent alive in the apple, to r determine tho species of the beetle, [ (evidently a weevil) with an account • of their discovery, would bo received : with thanks by E. Allan Wright, : Entomologist, I Papakura, N,G,A, , Bay of Islands, A &H.S, ; Do pu.s, i Nelson, N.G.A, k . Address—
Paeroa, Auckland.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 8615, 16 September 1890, Page 2
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201Warning to Fruit Growers and Others. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 8615, 16 September 1890, Page 2
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