FINE TREE PEST.
DESTRUCTIVE INSECT.
INDICATIONS OF SPREADING. [nV TF.T.F.GI!APIt. OWN' CORRESPONDENT.'] WAXGANGI, Monday. Signs aro evident that an imported pitta tree post, commonly known ns the Oregon saw fly, ts spreading in Now Zealand, The pest lias no known natural enemy in the Dominion. A number of pine trees were killed at Okoia Inst year, and now a male of the species lias beet! forwarded tr, tho Wanganui Museum from Waverloy. Mr. O. Shoplieul, curator of tlin museum, who is stated by many to bo one of tho authorities of the Dominion oil insect study, said:—"lf they become numerous t Itev ■ are bound to do a considerable amount of damage. • There aro Mo.vral birds ii. tho older countries which are their enemies, but in New Zealand they have none that I know of. It, would seem, judging by the localities from which the specimens came, that tho thing is becoming fairly widespread."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20562, 13 May 1930, Page 5
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