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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 126, 23 February 1944, Page 6

An aircraftman stationed in the Pacific took up moth and butterfly hunting as a spare time hobby, and has sent the well-mounted results for display in his father's shop in Blenheim. Some of the insects, all caught on Guadalcanal, are high-flyers, and the hunter’s net was on a pole with a hoist of six to eight feet. Several of the 60 species represented a stalking expedition of four to five hours. The biggest one, with an Sin. wingspread, had to have its innards removed in favour of cotton wool. Ants were the principal trouble. Some 25 specimens, all different, were placed in tins with the lids sealed by adhesive tape, but the ants got in and cleaned them up. Among the insects displayed is the destructive coconut beetle, and there are some butterflies with really lovely colours and markings.