Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 25 June 1935Vol. V, No. 11

Fiji Bug For Australia

p. 21 · Read in the full issue

Page 2121

A PARASITE insect which destroys lantana will shortly be introduced to Australia from Fiji. An entomologist from the Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is to visit Fiji immediately for the purpose of obtaining specimens of this bug.

Lantana has spread in Queensland and on the north coast of New South Wales to an alarming extent, and large areas are thrown out of productivity. Some time ago, lantana fly was introduced into Queensland, but results had been most disappointing. It now seemed that the only hope was to introduce the bug, which had already proved very successful in Fiji. The bug sucked the green juices from the plant, and gradually brought about its total destruction.

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