PLAGUE OF CATERPILLARS.
Reports of a plague of caterpillars come from Szob, in the county of Nograd, Hungary. The caterpillars' are of the black hairy species, about two and a half ..inches long, and move vrith extreme rapidity. The caterpillars appeared in countless numbers toward the middle of May, and since then have invaded tho houses of the villagers, infesting the rooyis by hundreds. . Nogradveroee, a wood of two thousand acres belonging to. the Treasury, has been shaved of all foliage, single green trees of a species unattractive to the caterpillars being left here and there. All attempts to destroy tho eggs: and the insects by disinfectants and poisons have so far failed. In one district the caterpillars crossed a railway line and were run into by a train, which was unable to proceed owing to the sticky condition of the rails.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 2
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142PLAGUE OF CATERPILLARS. Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 2
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