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ranged up to 40 per square yard in Burleigh and Emmons Counties. Highest counts 

 in lighter soil areas in southern Burleigh County. Nymphs up to 20 per square 

 yard in some fields. Development ranges first through fourth instar. M. bivittatus , 

 M. sanguinipes , M. dif f erentialis and M. packardii dominant species in heavier 

 Tnfested areas. TBrandvik) MINNESOTA - M. f emurrubrum eggs continue to hatch, so 

 far only scattered infestations reported. Margin counts in oatfields ranging up 

 to 8 per square yard in McLeod and Renville Counties. Hatch occurred in roadside 

 ditches and movement into fields just starting. (Minn. Pest Rpt.). 



GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar ) - VERMONT - Defoliating ornamental crab apple, 

 fruit trees, grey birch, willow, white oaks, poplar, and some sugar maple. 



(Nielsen, June 22). CONNECTICUT - Larvae completely stripped trees in some areas; 

 many hillsides appear brown. About 99 percent of inquiries concerned this species. 



(Savos) . PENNSYLVANIA - First pupation observed in Monroe County. Several thousand 

 acres of defoliation observed in Pike, Monroe, and northern Berks Counties. 



(Eckess) . Expected to be worst year of record for this species in State. (PPD) . 

 NEW JERSEY - Defoliation apparent in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, also in north- 

 central areas during period June 18-24. Pupation underway in these areas. NEW YORK 

 Larvae defoliated trees in Ulster, Sullivan, and Orange Counties. (PPD). 



JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) - ALABAMA - First adult of season collected 

 in trap at Irondale, Jefferson County, in previously infested area. (Green). 

 SOUTH CAROLINA - On elderberry in Pickens County. (Jackson) . TENNESSEE - First 

 adults of season trapped in Hamby Valley, Monroe County, June 15. Using 48 traps 

 for 3-day period (June 15-17) collected 40,000 adults. (Stafford). Adults 

 observed June 21 in Carter County. (Miller et al.). KENTUCKY - Adults caused 

 moderate damage to corn in Bell County. (Barnett) . 



SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE ( Heterodera glycines ) - TENNESSEE - Stunting of plants 

 observed in several soybean fields in west areas. (Gordon) . 



WESTERN GRAPELEAF SKELETONIZER ( Harrisina brillians ) - CALIFORNIA - Larvae found 

 on single property in Clovis, Fresno County, in area where pest originally found 

 in 1970. All previously infested blocks treated. Survey negative in rest of 

 quarantine area. Moth emergence underway in core area of known infestation at 

 Klamath River, Siskiyou County; first and second instars now present. Treatment 

 underway on wild grapes in known infested area. Due to late season, control 

 delayed. Infestation recorded and delimited late in 1970; did not receive full 

 treatment schedule. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). 



TULIPTREE SCALE ( Toumeyella liriodendri ) - CALIFORNIA - Infested tuliptree 

 detected June 10, 1971, in San Leandro, Alameda County, by G.H. Brady and K. 

 Meehan. Determined by R.F. Wilkey. Delimiting survey shows infested trees over 

 20-block area of city. Scale eradicated from San Jose, Santa Clara County, in 

 1969. Infestation in San Leandro only currently known infestation in State. 

 (Cal . Coop. Rpt.) . 



