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CATERPILLAR PLAGUE. About 70 years ago many parts of New Zealand were visited by plagues of insects, and for some time, says a contributor to Forest anti Bird, the land was smitten by a blasting plague of caterpillars, which crawled all over th© country in vast hordes. Crops were destroyed an<l in many places trains were stopped by their making the rails greasy. On© train had them crawling all over the carriages, both inside and out. After the introduction of insectivorous open-country birds, however, such plagues ceased.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15235, 28 December 1942, Page 4
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