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period ending July 10. (Womack) . ALABAMA - Weevils heavy in most fields in 

 central and southern areas. Percent damaged squares ranged 15-80 (averaged 35- 

 55) in many fields. Unfavorable weather interf erred with routine control. 

 Second and overlapping generations now starting in extreme south areas and 

 continuing up through central areas. "Hatch out" of first-generation weevils 

 occurred in extreme north areas. Damaged squares remain below 10 percent in 

 larger fields, many small fields had 15-35 percent of squares punctured. Some 

 controls applied. (McQueen). MISSISSIPPI - Average infestations ranged 

 1-52 percent in 17 counties surveyed. (Sartor). In delta counties, punctured 

 squares averaged 2.23 percent in 15 of 30 fields. In pheromone-baited wing traps 

 collected 4 weevils in Washington County and 4 in Bolivar County. (Pfrimmer et 

 al.). 



BOLLWORMS ( Heliothis spp.) - NEW MEXICO - Fields from Dona Ana to La Union in 

 Dona Ana County had H. zea eggs on almost 100 percent of plants checked. (N.M. 

 Coop. Rpt.). TEXAS - In McLennan and Falls Counties, moth collections to date 

 exceed total for 1970. Eggs averaged 4.4, larvae 1 per 100 terminals in 6 

 treated fields; eggs averaged 15.1, larvae 3.1 in 45 untreated fields. Of 20 

 larvae collected from cotton, 4 identified H. virescens . (Cowan et al.). 

 LOUISIANA - No larvae found in plots examined in Madison Parish week ending 

 July 8. Eggs ranged 65-390 per acre in 21 of 59 fields. This period eggs ranged 

 65-260 per acre in 14 of 36 plots checked. (Cleveland et al.). ARKANSAS - H. zea 

 moths on sugarlines (0.5 mile of row per crop) . Totals by county on cotton an'3 

 soybeans: June 30 to July 12, Phillips 69; July 7-8 Lonoke 233; June 29 to 

 July 13, Lafayette 1,180; July 7-12, Lee 596. Infestations in 2,727 fields out 

 of 8,292 checked, treatments needed in 16. (Boyer et al.). TENNESSEE - H. zea 

 eggs and larvae ranged 1-9 per 100 terminals. This is increase. Eggs stTll 

 found in terminals with exception of few found on squares. (Locke). MISSISSIPPI - 

 Average infestations ranged 1-5 percent in 14 counties surveyed. (Sartor). In 

 delta counties, moth flights increased. Damaged squares averaged 2.53 (maximum 

 6.5) percent in 15 of 30 fields. (Pfrimmer et al.). ALABAMA - Egg laying 

 increased in all areas. Controls underway in most fields in south and central 

 areas. Heavy in few fields in Macon, Montgomery, and Greene Counties. Beneficial 

 insects controlling larvae in most northern area fields. (McQueen). 

 GEORGIA - Eggs ranged 0-33 and larvae 0-13 per 100 terminals; square damage 

 heavy in several southern area fields week ending July 10, (Womack). SOUTH 

 CAROLINA - In Florence County, recovered 12 H« zea and no H. virescens in 

 light traps. Generally field infestations light"! (Taft et al .XI 



BEET ARMYWORM (Spodoptera exigua ) - ARIZONA - Larvae ranged 1-5 per plant on 

 leaves, blooms, and squares in Cochise County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.) . 



COTTON FLEAHOPPER (Pseudatomoscelis seriatus ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy in young cotton 

 in Tipton area, Tillman County, and moderate in Bryan County. (Okla. Coop. 

 Sur.). 



TARNISHED PLANT BUG (Lygus lineolaris ) - TENNESSEE - Continues to cause some 

 injury to pinhead squares in west areas. (Locke). At or above control levels in 

 Mississippi River bottom of Tipton County. Controls applied. (Gordon) . 



TOBACCO 



BLACK CUTWORM (Agrotis ipsilon ) - MARYLAND - Last instars infested 5 percent of 

 5 acres of tobacco near Oakley, St. Marys County. (U. Md., Ent . Dept.). 



SUGAR BEETS 



SUGARBEET ROOT MAGGOT ( Tetanops myopaeformis ) - WYOMING - Maggots abundant in 

 untreated sugar beet fields in Park and Washakie Counties. Maggots per plant 

 ranged 0-83 (field averages 9-69) . Dead seedlings ranged from less than 5 to 

 30 percent. Last instars few, some early instars noted. (Parshall) , 



