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SPRUCE BUDWORM ( Choris toneura f umiferana ) - WASHINGTON - Infestations spotty but 

 increasing in Okanogan and Chelan Counties. No losses expected. (Pettinger) . 



JACK PINE SAWFLY ( Neodiarion pratti hanksianap) - MICHIGAN - Pupae in duff. 

 About 30,000 acres of jack pine heavily defoliated in Luce and Schoolcraft 

 Counties. Additional 50,000 to 60,000 acres of mixed stands show much damage. 

 (Johnson) . 



GEOMETRID MOTH (Calocalpe undulata ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Larvae very heavy on black 

 cherry trees, about 50-100 percent foliage loss in Route 31 area from Bakerville, 

 Somerset County, to 5 miles into Westmoreland County. (Keeler) . Infested wild 

 cherry trees in Somerset County; some defoliation; adults appearing. (Mallis). 



WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Da tana integerrima ) - WEST VIRGINIA - Larvae causing heavy 

 defoliation of hickory in Wood County. (W. Va . Ins. Sur.). 



ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Pyrrhalta luteola ) - CALIFORNIA - Larvae and adults on scattered 

 elm trees in Chinese Camp, Tuolumne County. Occurrence erratic this season, 

 probably due to cool wet spring. Damage appearing at many locations statewide. 

 (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). UTAH - Severe on elms in many parts of Cache, Emery, Salt 

 Lake, and Weber Counties. Control necessary in many areas. (Knowlton) . TEXAS - 

 Second generation in Denton, Dallas, Ft. Worth areas. Damage heavy to Chinese 

 elm trees in Midland and Pecos Counties. (Neeb, Turney) . MISSISSIPPI - Light to 

 heavy damage to elms in Washington, Leflore, Tunica, and Lowndes Counties. 

 (Robinson) . 



ASIATIC OAK WEEVIL ( Cyr tepis tomus castaneus ) - WEST VIRGINIA - Damage moderate 

 to sapling oaks in 120-acre tract in Wetzel County. (W. Va . Ins. Sur.). 

 MISSOURI - Adults common at lights throughout southern areas of State. Adults 

 collected in Stone, Christian, Webster, and Dallas Counties. These are new 

 county records. (Munson) . 



A SAWFLY ( Nematus abbottii ) - ALABAMA - Larvae feeding on black locust at Auburn, 

 Lee County, March ■??] 1971. Collected by H.F. McQueen. Determined by D.R. Smith. 

 This is a new State record. (McQueen). 



MAN AND ANIMALS 



SCREWWORM ( Cochliomyia hominivorax) - Total of 5 cases reported in U.S. July 

 25-31 as follows: TEXAS: Maverick 1, Bowie 1; ARKANSAS: Little River 3. (Anim. 

 Health Div.) . 



FACE FLY ( Musca autumnalis ) - UTAH - Numerous and annoying to horses at Snowville, 

 Box Elder County" (Hanson , Knowlton). IOWA - Ranged 5-15 (average 10.1) per face 

 in Dallas County. (Iowa Ins. Sur.). WISCONSIN - Light to moderate annoyance to 

 cattle reported from all areas. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). MARYLAND - Ranged 2-100 per 

 head in Frederick, Howard, Baltimore, Carroll, and Montgomery Counties. Most 

 herds averaged 20 per head. (U. Md . , Ent. Dept.). MISSISSIPPI - Up to 25 per face 

 on treated cow herd in Monroe County. (Robinson). 



MOSQUITOES - FLORIDA - Aedes spp. and Psorophora spp. moderate to heavy in 

 western Duval County. Aedes taeniorhynchus moderate and required special control 

 measures in Boca Chica and Key West area of Monroe County. (Mulrennen et al.). 

 KENTUCKY - Mosquitoes a problem in McCracken County. (Barnett). WISCONSIN - 

 Populations remain variable; heavy in most counties with some wetlands, only 

 trace in some upland areas. A. vexans , A^. cinereus , and A. s t imulans principal 

 biters. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). MINNESOTA - Total of 16,000+ females taken in 16 light 

 traps week ending July 23. A. vexans 87 percent, Coqulle t tidia per turbans 4.7 

 percent. Collections declined since due in part to cool nighttime temperatures. 

 A. vexans in 37 percent of larval collections, Culex tarsalis in 12 percent, and 

 A. triseria tus in 2.4 percent. In evening bite collections, 352 of 414 adults 

 taken A. vexans . A. vexans also taken in daytime bite collections. (Minn. Pest 

 Rpt.) . 



