SOYBEANS 



BEET ARMYWORM (Spodoptera exigua ) - ALABAMA - Larvae extremely heavy and damage 

 serious to large field of soybeans 12-14 inches tall at Foley in Baldwin County. 

 Present control effort unsuccessful and further controls will be necessary. 

 (Payne et al .) . 



SEEDCORN MAGGOT ( Hylemya platura ) - MINNESOTA - Damage to soybeans and seedling 

 corn reported from Jackson and Lac qui Parle Counties. Only scattered fields 

 injured. Most damage on soybeans; cotyledons damaged. (Minn. Pest Rpt.). 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - INDIANA - Ovipostion underway in 

 southeast district. (Broersma) . MARYLAND - Adults defoliated 80 acres of beans 

 in Reids Grove area of Dorchester County. First and second instars in Dorchester, 

 Wicomico, Somerset, and Worcester Counties. Generally heavy and scattered 

 throughout these counties. (U. Md., Ent. Dept.). 



THRIPS - MARYLAND - Damage levels increased. About 300 acres in Talbot, Dorchester, 

 Wicomico, and Caroline Counties heavily infested, thrips 30-60 per plant. (U. Md., 

 Ent . Dept.) . 



PEANUTS 



TOBACCO THRIPS ( Frankliniella fusca ) - ALABAMA - This species and other thrips 

 continue to cause widespread damage and controls applied to much acreage in Pike, 

 Barbour, and Dale Counties. (Carter et al.). 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Infestations heavy enough to 

 merit first controls in some areas of Richland County; 10 percent infestation in 

 1 of 10 fields checked. (Bailey). In Florence County, 30 weevils on 2 wing traps; 

 total to date 1,012. Weevils on 12 live traps 45; total to date 1,564. Total 

 number of weevils emerged greater than 1970. (Taft et al.). GEORGIA - Adults 

 averaged 8 per grandlure trap during week of June 6-12 in Randolph County; 

 ranged 0-392 (average 86) per acre in 17 southern fields. (Womack) . ALABAMA - 

 Overwintered weevils heavy in south and central areas. Eggs laid in squares. 

 First pupae of season reported in early cotton in Macon County; adult emergence 

 expected June 29. Infestation 1-8 percent in many early fields not yet fully 

 fruited in northern counties. Adults lighter north of Birmingham than anticipated 

 although much more plentiful than in 1970. (McQueen). MISSISSIPPI - In delta 

 counties, weevils in 2 of 19 fields. Weevil and punctured squares in 2 of 11 

 fields. In pheremone-baited wing traps recovered 3 weevils in Washington County 

 and 28 in Bolivar County. (Pfrimmer et al.). LOUISIANA - In Madison Parish, 

 collected 24 weevils from 20 nonsticky traps and 38 from 4 sticky traps. Recovered 

 59 from 10 wing traps adjacent to ground trash collection sites. Collected 19 

 from 129 wing traps on island in Mississippi River. Total of 16 in 65 wing traps 

 near experimental plots. Weevils in 4 of 25 fields checked by row foot method; 

 counts per acre 26 in 3 fields and 65 in one. (Cleveland et al.). ARKANSAS - 

 Overwintered weevils 5-7 per 100 terminals in east-central area. Surveys indicate 

 possible buildup of first-generation weevils in Lafayette County. (Boyer) . Total 

 of 264 fields infested in areas surveyed. (Barnes, Jones). TEXAS - In McLennan 

 and Falls Counties, punctured squares averaged 0.3 (maximum 3.6) percent in 36 

 treated fields. Averaged 2.6 (maximum 13.5) percent in 9 untreated fields. Total 

 of 22 weevils trapped on pheromone- baited wing traps; total for season 2,169. 

 Traps removed June 23. (Cowan et al.). For Boll Weevil in High Plains area see 

 page 479, 



BOLLWORMS (Heliothis spp.) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Moths in Florence County light 

 traps: H. zea 11 and H. virescens 1. Infestations light. (Taft et al.). 

 GEORGIA - Egg laying sTEill light; no appreciable larval damage noted in southern 

 areas. (Womack, June 19). ALABAMA - Larvae light in fields throughout State 

 although moth flights and egg laying increased. Predators and parasites plentiful. 



