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TURF, PASTURES, RANGELAND 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Serious infestation 

 found in Jasper County in same fields as in 1970. (Tate). 



GRASSHOPPERS - KENTUCKY - Adults and nymphs averaged 680 per 100 sweeps in clover 

 hayfields in Carter County and 960 in Lawrence County. (Barnett) . 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Colias eury theme ) - ARIZONA - Averages per 100 sweeps of 

 alfalfa at following: 70, Gila Valley, Yuma County; 35, Yuma Mesa, Yuma County. 

 20, Chino Valley, Yavapai County. 60, Safford, Graham County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



LYGUS BUGS (Lygus spp„) - NEVADA - L. hesperus adults ranged 9-16 and nymphs 9-35 

 per sweep in treated seed alfalfa in Dixie Valley, Churchill County; 3 separate 

 chemicals applied to different fields, but results negligible. (Stitt) . Averaged 

 2 adults and 1 nymph per sweep on seed alfalfa at Kings River Valley, Humboldt 

 County. (Martinelli) . 



DESERT CORN FLEA BEETLE (Chaetocnema ectypa ) - ARIZONA - Averaging 200 per 100 

 sweeps of Sudan grass at Yuma, Yuma County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.) . 



GRASSHOPPERS ( Melanoplus spp.) - MISSOURI - Mixed populations of M. femurrubrum 



and M. dif f erentialis in few fields of red clover in Ste. Genevieve County; 



ranged 15-20 per square yard in field margins and 12-15 per square yard in other 

 areas of field. (Craig). 



SOYBEANS 



GREEN CLOVERWORM (Plathypena scabra ) - MARYLAND - Caused some defoliation but 

 below economic levels on Eastern Shore. (U. Md., Ent . Dept.). VIRGINIA - Larvae 

 per 30 row feet by county: Dinwiddie 117.0; Sussex 37.5; Southampton 72.0; 

 Greenville 75.0. Most larvae first or second instar. Young larvae detected for 

 some time; apparently early stage mortality heavy. (Allen). KANSAS - Larvae 

 averaged 3 per 30 row feet in Greenwood County field and 7 in Wilson County 

 field. (Bell). 



VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR ( Anticarsia gemmatalis ) - FLORIDA - Larvae light (1 per 

 row foot) in soybean field at Brooksville, Hernando County; medium (4+ per foot) 

 in Dade and Pasco Counties. (Whitcomb) . 



BEET ARMYWORM ( Spodoptera exigua ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Small larvae reported from 

 Summerville, Dorchester County. Problem in area for several years. (Lseman) . 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis ) - MARYLAND - Foliage injury ranged 

 10-20 percent in several areas of Wicomico and Worcester Counties. (U. Md., Ent. 

 Dept.) . 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis ) - TEXAS - In McLennan and Falls Counties, 

 punctured squares averaged 16.2 (maximum 45) percent; averaged 19.7 (maximum 

 54.7) percent in 26 untreated fields. (Cowan et al.). OKLAHOMA - Ranged 10-25 

 percent in cotton in Marshall County. Moderate in Bryan County and light to 

 moderate in Cleveland County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). ARKANSAS - Of 7,296 fields 

 surveyed; 5,677 infested and 1,651 need controls. (Boyer et al . ) . LOUISIANA - In 

 Madison Parish for period ending August 5, recovered 2 weevils from 20 non-sticky 

 traps and none from 4 sticky traps; total to date 2,643. Punctured squares in all 

 fields checked. This period no weevils taken on traps. Punctured squares ranged 

 7-52 (averaged 25.7) percent in 91 plots. Collected 35 H. zea in blacklight trap. 

 (Cleveland et al.). Punctured square counts continue to increase. Some growers 

 delayed controls too long, some fields show 75 percent punctured squares. (Tynes 



