Beetles join war against buffalo fly

Authors

  • Anon

Abstract

Hundreds of dung beetles have been let loose in PNG to battle the blood-sucking buffalo fly. The buffalo fly sucks blood from cattle up
to 40 times a day and up to 10 000 can settle on one beast. The dung beetle was introduced as a result of a request from DASF to the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.

Published

2025-10-23

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (1976): Harvest

Section

Articles