GERMAN WASP FOUND IN CHRISTCHURCH
When a case containing an engine sent to a Christchurch firm of engineers from Hamilton was opened this week, an insect was found in the case. It was sent to the zoologist at the Canterbury Museum (Mr R. R. Forster), who identified it as a German wasp, a common pest in many parts of the North Island. Mr Forster said this was the first specimen reported in the South Island, but it was unlikely that thfe species would be confined to the North Island. The German wasp lives mainly on fruit juices, but it also eats other insects, including caterpillars and blowflies.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26514, 31 August 1951, Page 3
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