Wasp for White Butterfly
QUITE A HARMLESS PARASITE Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. In tho House of Representatives today Mr. R. A. Wright asked whether tho Department of Agriculture intended to introduce wasps into New Zealand to destroy the white butterfly, and if it was realised that the wasps might prove a more serious pest than the white butterfly. Hon. C. "E. Macmillan said that while the parasites intended to be utilised for destroying the white butterfly belonged to the wasp family, they were quite different from the ordinary wasp. They were minute insects which possessed no stings, consumed no food during the period they were on tho wing, and during all other stages of their lives they fed only on the larvae of the butterfly.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6834, 15 April 1932, Page 6
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127Wasp for White Butterfly Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6834, 15 April 1932, Page 6
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