CATERPILLAR PLAGUE
CAMPAIGN IN SOUTHLAND DESTROYING MOTHS BY FIRE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION*] INVERCARGILL. Friday Tho wholesale lighting of fires on farms at night to attract and destroy the porina moth, which at present is almost a plague in Southland, was advocated at a meeting of the Southland executive of tho Farmers' Union. It was said that the moth was flying at present. The caterpillar of the moth was one of the worst forms of grass grub in Southland. Tho organised lighting of fires at night throughout the province, it was considered, would be effective in destroying the moths. In the Hokonui district one farmer set up a flame thrower at night and caught and destroyed many thousands of moths.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23181, 29 October 1938, Page 12
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120CATERPILLAR PLAGUE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23181, 29 October 1938, Page 12
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