BEETLE'S USEFUL PART.
ENEMY OF THE GRASS GRUB. Tlie depredations of the grass grub, ft small whitish-coloured insect about thre»quarters of an inch in length, are well known, but it is doubtful if many ara aware that perhaps the deadliest enemy of this pest is the common black beetle, a native of New Zealand. At a meeting of the Otago Council of the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture in Dunedin the other day, Mr. H. Bennett gave an interesting demonstration of the beetle attacking the grub. A beetle, a little over an inch long, was placed in a tin with a pair of grubs, and quickly seized one in his sharp "pincers." After a very short ti™ e the grub was practically severed and it is through tho hole thus mado that the beetle extracts what it evidently considers a. tasty meal. It is usual for the beetle to burrow beneath the ground before devouring tho grab.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21131, 14 March 1932, Page 5
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