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King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 109, 23 November 1908, Page 5

A consignment of brewing flies has been received by the Agricultural Department from Inspector Reid, who was sent to the Cock Group to report upon the fruit industry there. The insects have r.revcd very effectual natural enemies to many of the smaller forms of injurious insect pests, ' especially to different species of aphides. The flies have done good work in controlling the black aphis, which at the present time is proving a troublesome pest in Kawke'"s Bay orchards, ar.cl the Government penologist, Mr W. A. Boucher, proposes that a portion of the consignment shall be liberated in that locality In California, in conjunction with the native ladybirds, they have proved a very effective check on the wooly aphis of the apple, so that, altogether, they should prove a valuable acquisition if they can be established in the Dominion.