Brown beetles, swarming in . thousands, recently attacked a kitchen garden in a farm at Edgecombe, near Wbakatauc (reports the “Auckland Star”). It was not long before the destructive insects had eaten every leaf in the plot, which is about an acre in area. Vegetables and flowers, and even plants with strong stalks, such as rhubarb, were steadily eaten away. By the time the swarm left there was not a leaf to be seen. It is thought that J a spell of dry weather brought about the visitation.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 72, 18 December 1928, Page 3
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