CONTENTS 



Special Insects of Regional Significance 505 



Insects Affecting 



Corn, Sorghum, Sugarcane 507 Miscellaneous Field Crops 512 



Small Grains 508 Potatoes, Tomatoes, Peppers 512 



Turf, Pastures, Rangeland 508 Cole Crops 512 



Forage Legumes 509 General Vegetables 512 



Soybeans 510 Deciduous Fruits and Nuts 513 



Peanuts 510 Ornamentals 513 



Cotton « 510 Forest and Shade Trees 514 



Tobacco 511 Man and Animals 515 



Sugar Beets 511 



Detection 512 



Beneficial Insects 515 



Federal and State Plant Protection Programs „ „ 516 



Hawaii Insect Report <> „ 517 



Light Trap Collections 518 



WEATHER OF THE WEEK ENDING JULY 12 



Reprinted from Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin supplied by Environmental Data 

 Service, NOAA. 



HIGHLIGHTS : Summer heat and summer-type precipitation persisted over most of the 

 Nation. 



PRECIPITATION : Typical nocturnal thunderstorms occurred from the central Great 

 Plains to the Great Lakes early Monday morning, July 5. One vigorous storm 

 whipped Salina, Kansas, with winds gusting to 60 m.p.h. and hail up to 1 inch 

 in diameter. Two to 4 inches of rain caused minor flooding in eastern Kansas. 

 One to 4 inches of rain fell in some vicinities in eastern Illinois. Seven 

 inches of snow fell at Stampede Pass, Washington, from Monday night to Tuesday 

 foi'enoon. This is most snow ever to have fallen in July at Stampede Pass. 

 Paradise Inn at 5,550 feet elevation on the south side of Mt . Ranier, Washington, 

 received 3 inches of snow early Tuesday, the depth at 9 a.m. was 132 inches. 

 Never before has an 11-foot depth measurement occurred at Paradise Inn so early 

 in the season. Snow that falls July 1 or later is not counted in the 1970-71 

 season. The 1971-72 season begins July 1. A light sprinkle occurred at Phoneix, 

 Arizona, Tuesday afternoon. Measurable rain has not occurred at Phoenix in the 

 last 88 days. In 1960, Phoenix received no measurable precipitation for 143 days 

 from March 2 to July 22. Twice have 88 -day periods passed without a sprinkle at 

 Phoenix; October 17, 1917, to January 12, 1918, and April 10 to July 6, 1945. A 

 tornado injured several persons on a farm near Minot, North Dakota, Tuesday. The 

 storm produced 3.89 inches of rain. Other tornadoes and severe thunderstorms 

 occurred at scattered locations in North Dakota, Tuesday. Light to moderate 

 showers fell Tuesday and Wednesday from the central Rocky Mountains to Wisconsin, 

 also from southeastern Texas northeastward to West Virginia and Maryland. A 

 station east of Nashville, Tennessee, measured 4.30 inches Wednesday morning; 

 this amount had fallen in the previous 24 hours. Totals exceeded 1 inch at 

 scattered stations from Georgia to Virginia. Two of the largest weekly totals are 

 5.20 inches at Moline, Illinois, and 4.56 inches at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 



TEMPERATURE : Typical summer weather prevailed over most of the Nation last week. 

 Warm humid gulf air covered the eastern half of the country and desert heat lay 

 over the Far Southwest. Boston, Massachusetts, registered 90^ Tuesday and 

 Wednesday afternoons. Temperatures exceeded 100° at many Texas stations on several 

 consecutive afternoons. Wichita Falls, Texas, recorded 108° Tuesday. By Wednesday, 

 the 100" heat covered western Kansas reaching 105° at Hill City. Weather of the 

 week continued on page 517. 



