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per face on untreated beef herd in Story County. (Iowa Ins. Sur.). SOUTH DAKOTA - 

 Very low numbers in Dewey County; in several herds examined, less than one per 10 

 head. This is a new county record. Expect pest had been in county for several 

 years. (Jones). NEBRASKA - Increasing in canyon pastures in Lincoln County, 

 averaged 2-3 per animal. (Campbell, McEvoy) . MISSOURI - Counts of 3-25 per head 

 observed in central area. (Peters). Heavy egg laying also reported from this 

 area. (Wingo) . 



HOUSE FLY ( Musca domestica ) - WISCONSIN - Populations increasing steadily and 

 reports of problems received from all areas. Numerous in and around homes as well 

 as near cattle barns. Moderate to severe near barns on many farms visited. 

 Populations on farms variable due to sanitation and spraying practices. (Wis. Ins. 

 Sur.). TENNESSEE - Heavy in several locations in State. Control difficult in many 

 cases. (Gordon). 



HORSE BITING LOUSE ( Bovicola equi ) - IDAHO - Collected from horse at St. Anthony, 

 Fremont County, May TV, 1971. Determined by J.E. Keirans. (Peebles, Sutherland). 



EAR TICK ( Otobius megnini ) - WYOMING - Averaged 5 per head on 40 cows near 

 Torrington, Goshen County. (Lloyd). 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS 



ALFALFA LEAFCUTTER BEE ( Megachile rotundata ) - IDAHO - First adults emerging 

 from boards wintered outdoors at Jerome, Jerome County. (Priest). TEXAS - 

 Incorporated into Boscoe area of Ward County as alfalfa seed crop pollinators. 

 Results satisfactory. (Neeb) . 



A BRACONID ( Microctonus aethiops ) - NEW YORK - Surveys reveal this parasite of 

 adult Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) widespread in Tompkins County. (N.Y. Wkly 

 Rpt., June 19)7^ 



AN ICHNEUMON ( Ba thyplec tes curculionis ) - NEW YORK - Parasitism by this species 

 more widespread and percent parasitism higher than in 1970. (N.Y. Wkly. Rpt., 

 June 19). KENTUCKY - Parasitized 1 of 92 Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil) larvae 

 in Garrard County, none of 90 in Warren County, 2 of 65 in Lincoln County, and 

 none of 87 in Fayette County. (Barnett) . 



LADY BEETLES - WASHINGTON - Stethorus picipes feeding on McDaniel spider mites 

 and eggs on Delicious apple trees near West Wapato, Yakima County. (Gregorich) . 

 WYOMING - Lady beetle adults ranged 0-10 per 10 sweeps of alfalfa in Laramie, 

 Goshen, Niobrara, Converse, and Platte Counties. Few larvae found. (Parshall). 

 ILLINOIS - More numerous in corn fields than for several years. Egg laying 

 observed. (Sur. Bull.). KANSAS - Hippodamia convergens adults (up to 40 per plant) 

 feeding at nectaries on green pods of yucca in Rawlins County; also found feeding 

 at nectaries at bases of flowers of thistle in Logan and Sherman Counties. (Bell). 



KLAMATHWEED BEETLES ( Chrysolina spp.) - IDAHO - Released 3,000 C. gemellata adults 

 in Weatherby Landing Strip area, Elmore County, June 22. Weed had invaded 

 experimental bitterbrush planting in area. (Portman) . WASHINGTON - Chrysolina spp. 

 on 0.25 acre of Klamathweed near Washougal, Clark County. (Chase, Shanks) . 



PREDACEOUS MITES - IDAHO - Metaseiulu s occidenta lis (a phytoseiid mite) controlling 

 spider mite feeding damage to about 1,000 acres of mint at New Plymouth, Payette 

 County. (Homan, Portman). KANSAS - Several predaceous spider mites found feeding 

 on greenbugs in a field of sorghum in Shawnee County; 1 per 2,000 aphids. (Bell). 



