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side the state should look them over carefully for the small. 



round scales bordered with a reddish ring. In case such are 



found, it would be a favor to all concerned to send specimens 



to the Experiment Station for examination. 



Among the garden insects the Squash 

 • BuG^ has continued to be a troublesome 

 pest. The adult bugs are ready for the 

 tender plants as soon as they appear above 

 ground, inserting their beaks and soon 

 destroying the plant. We have studied 



Fig 7. Squash Bug : stage j ^ ^ ^j ^ ^f doors and in the insec- 



before adult. Natural "• i-"-'^"- 



size. (Original.) tary, but as yet can suggest no better 

 remedy than that of placing shingles or pieces of boards beside 

 the hills ; the bugs will congregate under these and by a daily 

 inspection early in the morning, they 

 are readily found and destroyed. By 

 thus killing off the brood that has / 

 passed the winter, much of the later 

 damage commonly done by the prog- 

 eny of these bugs will be prevented. 

 It is well known that the brown eggs 

 are deposited upon the under surfaces 

 of the squash leaves, and that the 

 young which hatch from these soon ^j^ g Squasli Bug: a, male; 



cause the death of much of the foliage. b, female. Natural size. 



Consequently it is important to destroy (Ongmal.) 



as many of the egg-laying brood as possible. 



During recent years much damage to the timber interests of 

 the state has been done by insects. Perhaps the most notable 

 injury has been that to spruce forests by certain small bark- 

 boring beetles. This subject has been studied by us to a con- 

 siderable extent during the season, and we hope to continue 

 the investigation during next year. We also have begun a 

 systematic study of the bumble bees of the state in the hope of 

 rendering the setting of clover seed, as well as squashes and 

 pumpkins, more certain. 



Clarence M. Weed, 



Entomologist . 



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