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For decades New Zealand s invasive wasps have had the run of the place, with no natural enemy to control the growing numbers. But that s about to change, with the green light given today to introduce two insects from Europe to take on the pest.
Your playlist will load after this ad A beetle and hoverfly will battle the wasps, which are damaging the environment. Source: 1 NEWS
The Tasman District Council, which has a big wasp problem, applied for the bio control agents, a hover fly and wasp-nest beetle.
The regulator, the Environmental Protection Authority assessed their safety. The reason why it s safe is because these two insects only attack wasps and that s been established both where they come from in Europe but also elsewhere, said Chris Hill, general manager of hazardous substances and new organisms.
Manuwhenua ki Mohua bless Te Whare Whakata at the opening ceremony on January 17.
Everyone who has visited the base of Farewell Spit will know it. The house locally known as Freeman’s cottage which adjoins the carpark is demarcated off by a picket fence. It takes its name from the original builder and farm owner, Stephen Freeman, who constructed it back in the 1930s. Thanks to HealthPost Nature Trust and a heap of volunteers who gave it a serious facelift over the summer, this cottage has found new life as the trust’s new field station. It will be used by those conducting biodiversity research along with trust volunteers and workers as the Cape Farewell-Wharariki Eco-sanctuary picks up speed.