Niue Declares War
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On Its Flies
At war still against the fifth great plague of Egypt, Niue has brought in reinforcements from Fiji and New Zealand. The fly problem on Niue, as serious a nuisance as elsewhere, is now being attacked by the Pacylister beetles which come from Fiji.
These beetles will fill the place that birds, frogs, spiders and other predators occupy in many areas in keeping down the local fly population. Fiji’s beetles will join forces with four kinds of parasitic wasps that have been brought in from NZ and bear such fearsome names as Pachy crepidus vindemiae and Muscidi furax rapter.
Progress reports on the Niue camnaign will be sent to other territories, through the South Pacific Commission, when defini tive results begin to show.