FLY PARASITES
As a substitute for the Swat th* c Fly campaign the, British Government is investigating the possibility of exterminating (lies with a parasite. An Knglish naturalist has submitted, to the trover inn cut his claims to have/ successfully cultivated j a fuuirus that lias been known tor some time to be deadly to the fly, but which up to t!n> time lias not been artificially cultivated- | He has found that the fnui l:us works its way into lite tly I and is deadly. The local iroj vernment board is now studyI inir his claims, and if it Htuls them sotind presumably will j start a lly-killiiiir campaign | with artificially cultivated pa-
I rasites.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5967, 4 June 1913, Page 7
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115FLY PARASITES Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5967, 4 June 1913, Page 7
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