SURVEY - Continued: 



Cereal Leaf Beetle 



Surveys conducted from May 26 - June 30, 1969. 



Counties involved included: Middlesex, Suffolk, Essex, Worcester, Hampden, 

 Hampshire, Norfolk, Berkshire and Franklin. 



Procedures - Visual observations and sweep-net survey around RR sidings, 

 rail tracks, hay and grain dealers, etc. 



Results - Negative for Cereal Leaf Beetle. 



Statistical Data ; 9 Counties, 57 Survey stops, 140 acres surveyed. 



General Detection - Black Light Port-of-Entry Trapping & European Crane 

 Fly Survey 



Survey Dates : July 1 - Sept. 5, 1969 



One B/L Port-of-Entry trap alternated on a weekly basis between the Boston 

 Port Area, Hanscora Field (USAF) and Otis AFB. General collections were 

 screened by a Student with an Entomological background at facilities pro- 

 vided by the Univ. of Mass. 



Results : (1) No European Crane Flies were identified during 1969. 



(2) No new insect species were identified to date. 



(3) The Massachusetts reference collection has grown considerably 

 during the 1969 survey season. 



Golden Nematode 



Survey Dates ; August 21 - October 14, 1969 



Survey Areas : Potato growing areas in Hampshire and Bristol counties. 



Procedures ; Field soil survey, on a random pattern basis, over one-third 

 of the potato growing areas in the State. Note : One- third 

 of the potato growing areas were surveyed in 1968 and the re- 

 maining one- third will be completed during 1970. 



Soil samples were processed at facilities provided by the Univ. 

 of Mass. Results were negative. 



Statistical Data ; 



County Acres Surveyed Samples Collected & Examined 



Hampshire 2,164 282 



Bristol 136 18 



Total; 2,300 300 



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