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ALL aircraft arriving from abroad at Whenuapai Airport, Auckland, New Zealand, are sprayed with an insecticidal aerosol and then searched for insect remains by mosquito control personnel of the Medical Branch of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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LAIRD, M. Lepidopterous Eggs and Larvæ from the Exterior of Aircraft Fuselages. Nature 166, 1081 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/1661081a0
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