IS 



MONTANA BULLETIN 200 



Common Name 



Galls 



Rose snout beetles 



(C II (I 



II it ti 



Leaf-cut ter bees 



ROSES 



Scientific Name 



Sp. undetermined 

 Rhynchites bicolor Fab. 



Megachilidae 



Leaf-cutter bees have been unusually abundant this past season, not only caus- 

 ing considerable defoliation of rose bushes but of several kinds of trees used in 

 shelter belts. 



A study of the above table tends to show that the strawberry root-weevil is 

 the most important insect pest of strawberries and it is fast becoming more and 

 more of a problem in the Bitter Root Valley. 



