FIGHTING WOOLLY APHIS
SUCCESS OF THE APHELINUS. (Per Press Association.) NELSON, June 9. Reports from the Auckland district continue to he more and more definite as to the complete success of the aphclinus male, the natural enemy of woolly aphis, successfully introduced into New Zealand by the Cawthron Institute. Mr G. A. Green, secretary for the New Zealand Nurserymen’s Association. stated to-day that as soon as the aphelinus is introduced into an orchard it increases with almost incredible rapidity. Very soon aphis disappears, almost as if by magic. In one case, when a few insects were posted 100 miles in February last, by the end of April they were in evidence in thousands, and some were found 150 yards from where liberated. The aphelinus is also proving useful in the destruction of citrus aphis, which it destroys in large numbers. The aphelinus has also cleaned up Nelson orchards of woolly aphis to a marvellous extent.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19033, 10 June 1924, Page 5
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