Changing climate means infestations of pesky insects could become more common, experts say
They smell like sweet meat, destroy vacuum cleaners and are wreaking havoc across ruralAn unusually wet summer has brought joy to farmers and grief to residents, as a plague of cluster flies descends on homes in the Canterbury and Wairarapa regions.
The infestation has meant good business for pest control workers, who have been swamped with requests for help. “My alarm clock is basically my phone ringing in the mornings with clients in need of cluster eradication,” he said. “It’s been absolutely crazy.” A bug expert warned that scenes like those might become more common as climate change gave insects longer breeding seasons.
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