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Southland Times, Issue 22491, 28 January 1935, Page 5

One of ■ the . natural checks to the spread of the white butterfly, it has been discovered, is a . vine, generally known as the “codlin moth” vine, which is, however,' comparatively rare in Auckland.. One example, in a garden in Logan'terrace, Parnell, entraps four or five white -butterflies in.-its flowers every day. They are lured by. the strong sweet smell of the,flowers and become caught’in the sticky substance covering the inner surfaces. The owner of the vine, Mr E. W. Shipton, purchased it as part of an order for six passion ’. fruit' vines., In appearance .jt somewhat - resembles a passion fruit vine, but its flowers are much smaller. 1 (