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HAWAII INSECT REPORT 



Turf, Pasture - Adults of a SKIPPER (Hylephila phylaeus ) light, 6-8 on several 

 Bermuda grass lawns at Halawa, Oahu. (Au) . 



General Vegetables - All stages of Liriomyza spp. (leafminer flies) and 

 Trialeurodes vaporariorum (greenhouse whitefly) moderate to heavy in fields of 

 yardlongbeans , tomato, snap beans, and eggplant at Waianae, Waimanalo, and Ewa, 

 Oahu; and at Kapahi, Kauai. (Yamamoto et al.). 



Fruits and Nuts - BARNACLE SCALE ( Ceroplastes cirr iped if ormis ) larvae and adults 

 light in 40 acres of passionfruit ( Passiflora edulis ) at Kahului, Maui. About 

 90 percent parasitized, primarily by Coccidoxenus mexicanus (an encyrtid wasp) . 

 Adults of C. mexicanus moderate, (Miyahira) „ 



Forest and Shade Trees - All stages of CUBAN LAUREL THRIPS (Cynaikothrips f icorum ) 

 light on 6 Chinese banyan ( Ficus retusa ) trees at Lahaina, Maui. Adults of 

 Montandoniola moraguesi (an anthocorid bug) , which started activity several weeks 

 ago, helped reduce thrips infestation. (Miyahira). All stages of an APHID (Pineus 

 pini) heavy in 15 acres of Pinus pinaster at Waikii, Hawaii. Terminal dieback of 

 younger trees readily observed in area. (Yoshioka) . KOA HAOLE LOOPER ( Anacamptodes 

 f ragilaria ) larvae heavy on foliage of koa haole at Moanalua, Oahu. Random 

 sampling on 5-foot branches revealed 90 percent infestation. (Kashiwai, 

 Matsukado) . 



Man and Animals - All stages of a DOG FLY (Musca sorbens ) heavy in dog droppings 

 at Kona, Hawaii. Adults annoying in Kailua and other areas on Oahu. (Ikeda) „ 



Beneficial Insects - ROSY PREDATOR SNAIL (Euglandina rosea ) adults (20) moderate 

 among populations of GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL ( Achatina fulica ) at University of 

 Hawaii, Oahu. (Olson). 



Miscellaneous - Adults of a LYGAEID BUG (Tempyra biguttula ) adults collected at 

 light at Manele Bay, Lanai, June 1971. This is a new island record previously 

 recorded from Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau. (Gagne) . 



Weather of the week continued from page 504. 



Blythe, California, with afternoon temperatures averaging 111" was one of the 

 hottest places in the Nation. Some cooling occurred over the northern Great 

 Plains at midweek and temperatures remained mostly in 70 's Wednesday afternoon. 

 Early morning temperatures ranged from the 40 's and 50 's over the northern Great 

 Plains to the upper 70 's in much of central and eastern Texas. The mercury 

 dropped to 31° at Kalispell and Missoula, Montana, Wednesday morning. A high 

 centered over the Prairie Provinces of Canada brought cooler weather to the 

 Northeast Sunday. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, registered 89° Saturday but no higher 

 than 60° Sunday afternoon. Temperatures averaged below normal over the Northwest, 

 North Central, and Southeast and warmer than normal over the Southwest, South 

 Central, and Northeast. 



