Show BUBS 0 n U G S WILL wa L KILL K 1 I 1 THI THE BUGS ON I 1 TREES J NATURAL ENEMIES OF frum FRUIT PESTS discovered I 1 were put to sleep with lee ice and shipped to australia with great success san may 22 george compere entomologist arrived here on the liner china after a tour of india and the far east in search ortho of the natural enemies of the pests pesta that in test the orchards Lids of calif ornia ahls afi C quest ayas successful ba helett deft western australia three months ago the parasite that he found in india was reducing the ravages of the fruit fly to a noticeable noti cable de degree gre c this parasite was discovered five years ago but previous attempts to introduce it into australia failed on account of opposite seasons by putting the bugs to sleep in india with ice fee compere got of them to australia alive he woke them up in the best of australian winter and thinking they were still in india the parasites went to work with a will three generations of na tive born bugs saw the light before compere left tho anti antipodes I 1 odes lie ile also took to australia a parasite which swept away the cabbage aphis like fire he has brought to california a parasite to d destroy stroy the bealim bug a pest that causes great grief to the orange grower lie he discovered this thin friendly bug in japan V |