REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1899 559 
caterpillar are flying in vast numbers; buckwheat in bloom is covered 
with them. Grasshoppers injuring crops some and rendering pastures 
and meadows bare. Aug. 22. In gathering up a bundle of corn, a man 
was stung on the arm by a larva [Automeris io, the io cater- 
pillar]. The injured limb swelled, stiffened, was much intlamed and 
pained considerably for two days. Larva of [Philampelus pan- 
dorus] was taken on a raspberry bush. Aug. 28. 
Genesee county (J. F. Rose, South Byron)—Last year was called a 
tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa americana| year, but it must have 
been a seeding for this. Where they have been controlled each year, 
they are easily taken care of this season. Many let them increase along 
the highway on seedling apples and wild cherries. Canker worm numer- 
ous in places where it has been in past years. Honest spraying controls 
them, but many farmers neglect this till the trees are brown and the 
worms large. Those who used wire traps either did not get them on in 
time or the females laid their eggs in the fall. A few pear psyllas [P. 
pyricola] found, but they have not seemed to develop. Common 
asparagus beetle [Crioceris asparagi| already noticed by one 
grower. Currant worms [Pteronus ribesii| appeared as usual, but 
were quickly killed by spraying with arsenite of lime and bordeaux 
mixture. May 20. Apple tree tent caterpillars never so bad before. 
For the past 10 days they have been crawling everywhere. Some of the 
largest orchards show hardly a green leaf as the result of canker worm 
attack. One grower used 134 pounds of green arsenite to 150 gallons 
of water in combination with bordeaux mixture and failed to kill the 
nearly grown canker worms. Pear psylla is very numerous this year and 
orchards are in bad condition, the small crop is dropping. ‘There are 
two to 10 psyllas on the stem of each pear and the new growth is badly 
infested. I thought I could control it, but today am doubtful. I 
watched it closely and did thorough work before the mature insect 
appeared, used 10% kerosene oil (tried 15% on trees but the foliage was 
injured). As checks drenched some trees five times but mother insects 
are numerous today. Forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa dis- 
stria] is said to be stripping forests infested last year. June 6. Work 
of the forest tent caterpillar is not yet as serious as last year. Colorado 
potato beetles [Doryphora ro-lineata] are scarce. Squash 
bugs [Anasa tristis] and striped cucumber beetles [Diabrot- 
ica vittata] are as abundant as usual. June 22. Find a few nests 
of the fallweb worm [Hyphantria cunea]. Farmers complain 
very little of potato beetles. Forest tent caterpillars have not caused one- 
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