WORKERS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
“Insects of New Zealand” was the subject of a lecture given by Mr W. Martin, B.Sc., to the W.E.A. Natural History Class. In general remarks on insects, Mr Martin said that there were just on 500,000 described species, readily distinguished by the body being divided into three distinct portions—head, thorax, and abdomen and having throe pairs of legs in the adult stage. Although man waged continual war on insects, chiefly because they lived on the same food plants, so far the insects seemed to be winning. However, the bacterologists were always making fresh discoveries about insect parasites which did much towards keeping them in check. The lecturer then described, with the help of slides shown on the screen, and specimens exhibited and passed round, tvpcs of native insects, giving a great deal of interesting information as to their life habits. He also distributed copies of a comprehensive guide to tlie identification of New Zealand insects.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19947, 15 November 1926, Page 3
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158WORKERS’ EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19947, 15 November 1926, Page 3
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