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POTATO FLEA BEETLE (Epitrix cucumeris ) - MAINE - Population light on potatoes in 

 Aroostook and Penobscot Counties. Counts averaged 40 per 20 plants in Showhegan 

 area of Somerset County. (Gall). MINNESOTA - Caused heavy injury to some potato 

 fields in western Marshall County. (Minn. Pest Rpt.). 



Aphids on Potatoes in Maine - Examination of 1,200 plants in untreated plots 

 revealed: Aphis nasturtii (buckthorn aphid) on 18 plants (1.5 percent), 14 alatae 

 and 39 apterae; Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) on one plant (0.08 percent), 

 1 alate and 2 apterae (one infestation) ; Macros iphum euphorbiae (potato aphid) on 

 45 plants (3.75 percent), 23 alatae and 134 apterae. Three M. euphorbia 

 parasitized, probably before leaving rose. In Lincoln area of Penobscot County, 

 alate migrants of M. persicae , M. euphorbia , and A. nasturtii taken in yellow pan 

 traps. None found in Corinth area. (Gall) . 



BEANS AND PEAS 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - MARYLAND - Adults and larvae required 

 controls in 400 acres of snap beans near Vienna, Dorchester County, and Salisbury, 

 Wicomico County. (U. Md., Ent . Dept.). WYOMING - Adults 0-5 per 100 feet of row 

 in Goshen, Platte, and Laramie Counties. Egg masses present in most fields. 

 (Parshall) . UTAH - Reported from Murray, Salt Lake County. (Knowlton) . 



GARDEN SYMPHYLAN (Scutigerella immaculata ) - IDAHO - Caused up to 80 percent 

 reduction on 10 acres of beans at Kimberly, Twin Falls County. (Sutherland), 



CUCURBITS 



STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE (Acalymma vittata ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults averaged 2 per 

 plant on commercial and garden cucumber plantings in Lackawanna and Centre 

 County, (Gesell) . KENTUCKY - Adults caused moderate damage to squash in Fayette 

 County. (Barnett) . 



SQUASH BUG (Anasa tristis ) - OKLAHOMA - Averaged 25 per plant on commercial 

 watermelons in southern Jefferson County. Moderate in Bryan and Cleveland 

 Counties. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



MELON APHID (Aphis gossypii ) - OKLAHOMA - Averaged 250 per plant on commercial 

 watermelons in Jefferson County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



ASPARAGUS APHID ( Brachycolus asparagi ) - NEW JERSEY - Found on asparagus 



brush in Somerset County; nymphs with wing pads observed. (Ins.-Dis., Newsltr.) . 



SPOTTED ASPARAGUS BEETLE (Criocerus duodecimpunctata ) - MAINE - Few adults still 

 present on asparagus in Orono area, Penobscot County. Egg and larval counts 

 moderate. (Gall). 



