SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE.
Cheshire farmers are looking with dismay at their lovely hawthorn hedges, for the caterpillars of the Little Ermine moth have just taken possession. It is a grave situation, for the caterpillars are present in their millions, and their natural enemy, the ichneumon fly, is practically absent. This fly only, -with its long, sharp nose, can bore through the sticky webs woven by the grubs. But the university has put its science at the farmers' disposal, and even if they eannot save the hawthorn they may be able to stop further damage.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 234, 2 October 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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