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They were pleasant, tidy and paid what they owed. And then they left. The owner of a Levin motel, …
A Levin man is being driven to madness by a mystery noise that wakes him every night.
Gary Madsen said the noise, which he described as a low hum, caused the walls and windows in his home to vibrate and one morning made ripples in his coffee cup. Read more
I've been forced to change my attitude towards caterpillars. They are not simply mindless leaf-crunching pests in my garden. Well, they are indeed leaf crunchers and pests in most cases. But I was photographing monarch caterpillars on one of my 5 swan plants, which as you can see, they have … View moreI've been forced to change my attitude towards caterpillars. They are not simply mindless leaf-crunching pests in my garden. Well, they are indeed leaf crunchers and pests in most cases. But I was photographing monarch caterpillars on one of my 5 swan plants, which as you can see, they have completely stripped of foliage. So they were munching on the the ends of the stems as in the 2nd photo. But one stem had 2 caterpillars one large one small, harmoniously chewing together. Another even larger one was purposefully aiming at the summit. When the top one became aware of the challenge it created an up-side-down U posture and butted the head of the challenger. They confronted each other head to head until the climber then did his own U-turn and retreated. Hah! I was surprised. The original two carried on chewing as if nothing had happened.
But that was not all. Two or three days later I twice found medium sized caterpillars about 20 metres (as the crow flies you might say) away from the stripped swan plant. They would have had to travel much further to get there as they are not yet able to fly. Fortunately I have a camouflaged swan plant to translocate them to as a reward for their perseverance and courage. I wonder if they will remember me in their next life?
The new boss of Palmerston North polytech UCOL has lofty ambitions for the institution. Dr Amand…
The Police Dive Squad has pulled a man's body from the Whanganui River after he was last seen strugg…
OPINION: Most enjoyable at the tennis in Auckland last week was the men's doubles. It was there whe…
PAWS AND CLAWS: Like most things, we have two of them, but they are especially precious and most of …
Palmerston North's SPCA has gone to the cats. The centre has hundreds of kittens in its care, and …
Palmerston North mayor Grant Smith and council staff are continuing to delay explaining how they cam…
A mistake at the water treatment plant is to blame for brown, foul-smelling water pouring from taps …
CRICKET: Manawatū cricketer Hannah Rowe will make her Central Hinds captaincy debut on Friday when t…
A 3-year-old child has been hit by a car in Palmerston North. Police were called to Drayton Place i…
The NZ Transport Agency is advising that State Highway 1 Foxton will be closed between Victoria Street and Avenue Road on Thursday 17 January from 4am to 7am. Read more
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