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Butterflies fight pest plant

Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Local

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Butterflies fight pest plant
Landcare Research leader Dr Quentin Paynter and Ministry of Agriculture entomologist Dr Maja Poeschko check out one of the butterflies imported as biological control agents to combat the passionfruit vine. 16080315

The COOK Islands Ministry of Agriculture will release a group of butterflies today as a biological control agent to control an invasive weed on Rarotonga.

The COOK Islands Ministry of Agriculture will release a group of butterflies today as a biological control agent to control an invasive weed on Rarotonga.


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