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DECIDUOUS FRUITS AND NUTS 



CODLING MOTH ( Laspeyresia pomonella ) - MICHIGAN - Fresh entry "stings" in calyx 

 end of fruit and first to third instar in some southwest area orchards. 

 (Thompson). WASHINGTON - Second-generation larvae entering apples at Pullman, 

 Whitman County, August 6. (Telford). 



WALNUT HUSK FLY ( Rhagoletis completa ) - OREGON - Buildup in most western areas. 



Flies per trap increased from 6 to 217 in Lane County and from 3 to 39 in 



Multnomah County. (Larson) . Uniform emergence throughout Douglas County orchards 

 with peaks in most areas August 1. Controls applied. (Passon) . 



SMALL FRUITS 



EUROPEAN RED MITE ( Panonychus ulml ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Averaged 120 eggs, and 14 

 immatures and adults per grape leaf. Damage less than 1 percent; no bronzed 

 foliage in this untreated vineyard on this date. Absent in nearby treated vine- 

 yard. (Jubb, Aug. 10). 



ORNAMENTALS 



A LACE BUG ( Stephanitis takeyai ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults collected on Pieris 

 plants in nursery at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, by A. Wheeler July 29, Adults 

 0-2 per leaf of P. japonica, damage 25-50 percent in nurseries at Lancaster and 

 Gap, Lancaster County. Damaged some deciduous azaleas at Gap August 5. All 

 determined by E. Simons. These are new county records. (Kim). 



FOREST AND SHADE TREES 



VARIABLE OAKLEAF CATERPILLAR ( Heterocampa manteo ) - ARKANSAS - Very heavy on red 

 oak in Clark County; first year of infestations in this area. Heavy infestations 

 in Pulaski County. (Boyer) . 



SADDLED PROMINENT ( Heterocampa guttivitta ) - NEW HAMPSHIRE - Larvae stripping 

 trees in Cheshire County and around fringe areas stripped in 1970 in Carroll 

 and Grafton Counties. Biological control effective. Bacterial wilt caused 

 collapse of infestation in some areas of Carroll County. (Blickle) . 



A BUPRESTID BEETLE ( Chrysobothris f loricola ) - FLORIDA - Killed 5-10 percent of 

 two-year-old slash pine plantings in Glades and Hamilton Counties. Adults 

 currently emerging; damaged young trees previously weakened by drought. 

 (Wilkinson) . 



ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Pyrrhalta luteola ) - NEW MEXICO - Light to severe damage to 

 almost every leaf on majority of elms at Alameda and Albuquerque, Bernalillo 

 County, and at Corrales, Sandoval County. (Heninger) . Skeletonized leaves on 

 occasional Siberian elm at Silver City and minor damage at Cliff and Buckhorn, 

 Grant County. Completely skeletonized majority of trees at Riverside. (Hare). 

 COLORADO - Severe elm defoliation continues in most metropolitan areas. 

 (Hantsbarger) . NEVADA _ Adult flight unusually heavy in southern Washoe County; 

 many entered homes, restaurants, and other buildings. (Nev. Coop. Rpt.). 



DUSKY BIRCH SAWFLY ( Croesus latitarsus ) - TENNESSEE - Damage heavy to birch in 

 Knox County. (Mullett) . 



MAN AND ANIMALS 



SCREWWORM ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ) - Total of 3 cases reported in U.S. August 8- 

 14 as follows: TEXAS - Kinney 1; ARKANSAS - Little River 2. (Anim. Health Div.). 



