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County 1,202. (Pfrimmer et al.). ALABAMA - Anthonomus grandis remains heavy and 

 general in south and central areas. Controls general and effective; infestation 

 ranged 15-45 percent. Heavier counts in isolated areas in northern areas. Expect 

 economic levels in northern areas within 10-15 days in larger fields. (McQueen). 

 TENNESSEE - Conditions ideal for further increase. Second-generation weevils 

 appearing. Control in order for most fields throughout regularly infested area. 

 (Locke). SOUTH CAROLINA - Infestations in Aiken County averaged 8.1 percent; 

 high count 39 percent in one field. (Evans) . Weevils migrating in Marlboro 

 County. (Smith). 



BOLLWORMS ( Heliothis spp.) - ARIZONA - H. zea larvae increasing in 430 fields 

 checked in Graham County. An estimated 75 percent of fields treated at Marana 

 and Avra Valley, Pima County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). NEW MEXICO - Heliothis spp. 

 caused extensive damage in Mesilla Valley cotton fields not treated while larvae 

 small. (N.M. Coop. Rpt.). TEXAS - In McLennan and Falls Counties, eggs averaged 

 16 (maximum 33.4) and larvae 5.7 (maximum 12) per 100 terminals in 5 fields. 

 Injured squares averaged 2.7 (maximum 3.5) percent and injured bolls averaged 1 

 (maximum 1.2) percent. Light trap catches remain heavy. Of 73 larvae collected 

 from cotton and identified, 44 or 60 percent H. virescens . (Cowan et al.). 

 OKLAHOMA - Egg and larval counts ranged 0-8 percent in cotton in Wagoner, 

 Muskogee, and Sequoyah Counties. Ranged 3-10 percent in Grady County and 10-15 

 percent in Duke area, Jackson County. Averaged 10 percent in Greer County, 

 several early fields damaged in Washita County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). ARKANSAS - 

 Increased. Peak moth flights July 6-22 for State. Of 6,896 fields surveyed, 

 5,199 infested and 1,757 need treatments. (Boyer et al.). LOUISIANA - In Madison 

 Parish for period ending July 29, damaged squares in 83 of 104 plots. Infesta- 

 tions ranged 1-9 (averaged 2) percent. Of 198 eggs collected and identified, 165 

 Heliothis spp. , 17 Feltia subterranea (granulate cutworm) , and 16 Trichoplusia 

 ni (cabbage looper)"^ (Cleveland et al.). 



MISSISSIPPI - Percent average infestation ranged 1.5-10 in Monroe, Washiiigton, 

 Holmes, and Rankin Counties. Rains hindered controls in delta counties, watch 

 cotton. (Robinson). In delta counties, moth catches declined. Very few eggs or 

 small larvae, most fourth and fifth instars. Injured squares averaged 4.77 

 (maximum 11.5) percent in 11 fields. (Pfrimmer et al . ) . TENNESSEE - H. zea 

 continues to increase in rank cotton over western area. Many fields above control 

 levels. Some boll injury. (Locke). NORTH CAROLINA - Heliothis spp. egg counts 

 increased significantly on cotton near Clayton, Johnston County, and at Lewiston, 

 Bertie County. (Bradley). SOUTH CAROLINA - Not serious to date in Aiken County; 

 however, light trap catches indicate possible problem. Number of moths collected 

 more than double catch of previous week. (Evans). Eggs being found in many 

 Marlboro County fields. Moths flying, larvae appearing in many fields. (Smith). 



BEET ARMYWORM ( Spodoptera exigua) - NEW MEXICO - General infestations noted in 

 Dona Ana County, but in most cases infestations have not warranted chemical 

 control. (N.M. Coop, Rpt.). 



COTTON FLEAHOPPER ( Pseudatomoscelis seriatus) - OKLAHOMA - Continues to cause much 

 damage to young cotton in many southwest and west-central counties. (Okla. Coop. 

 Sur.). 



TOBACCO 



ASIATIC OAK WEEVIL ( Cyrtepistomus castaneus) - KENTUCKY - Adults ranged 5-10 per 

 tobacco plant in Breathitt, Perry, Owsley, and Wolfe Counties. (Harnett), 



SUGAR BEETS 



GARDEN WEBWORM ( Loxostege rantalis ) - WASHINGTON - Larvae causing "ragging" of 

 sugar beet leaves at Toppenish, Yakima County. Not very abundant at present but 

 large numbers of adults suggest impending problem. (Landis) . 



