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mice girdling most of the wild cherries the previous winter. The 
young caterpillars, therefore, had nothing to feed on and died. 
May beetles [Lachnosterna_ species] are very numerous 
in the soil. June 2. Potato beetles are very abundant on early 
potatoes. But little damage has as yet been reported from the 
Hessian fly. There does not appear to be one appletree tent cater- 
pillar this year where there were a hundred last year. The 
weather has been very cool and dry. The bud moth [Tmetocera 
ocellana Schiff.] has been very abundant and is apparently 
becoming more numerous each year. It is one of our worst fruit 
pests. June 10. Striped cucumber beetles [Diabrotica 
vittata Fabr.] were first observed June 14. There are yet no 
reports of injuries by the Hessian fly, and not a tree has been seen 
that was troubled by the forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa 
disstria Hiibn.], even where the pest was abundant last year. 
June 16. The black squash bug, or stink bug [Anasa tristis 
DeGeer], appeared June 21. They are few as compared with 
the striped cucumber beetle. The very wet, cold weather appears 
to have delayed the appearance of many insect pests, including 
the Hessian fly. Even the white wheat, no. 6, that was so badly 
injured last year, is comparatively free from damage the present 
season. June 25. The first nests of the fall webworm 
[Hyphantria textor Harris] were observed July 22, and 
the spotted grapevine beetle [Pelidnota punctata Linn.] 
and the squash vine borer [Melittia satyriniformis 
Hiibn.] had also appeared by that time. The striped cu- 
cumber beetle and the squash bug are much less abundant 
than last year. The green cabbage worms [Pieris rapae 
Linn.] are becoming quite numerous. Mosquitos were very scarce 
in this vicinity till last week. The Colorado potato beetle 
[Doryphora 10-lineata Say] has been as bad, if not worse, 
than ever before in some sections. Many growers have been 
obliged to resort to power sprayers in order to control the pest. 
July 28. The fall webworm is by far the most abundant I have 
ever seen it. A hairy caterpillar [Datana integerrima 
Gr. & Rob.] has defoliated some of the butternut and black walnut 
trees in this section. The squash bug is much less abundant than 
it has been for a number of years. Sep. 1. 
