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Very heavy moth flight night of August 12; along Interstate 90 between Mitchell, 

 Sanborn County, and Salem, McCook County. (Jones) . 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda) - OKLAHOMA - Larvae moderate to heavy on 

 sorghum in Alfalfa and Roger Mills Counties and light to moderate in Garvin 

 County. Heavy on corn in Jackson and Cimarron Counties. (Okla. Coop, Sur.). 

 TEXAS - Infestations heavy on sorghum and rangeland throughout State. (Green). 

 ALABAMA - Larval outbreak in young grain sorghum in Houston, Henry, Geneva, 

 Covington, Crenshaw, Coffee, and Dale Counties. (McQueen). SOUTH CAROLINA - 

 Infested 15 acres of sorghum in Saluda County, heavy damage on 3 acres. Also 

 reported infesting several fields of sorghum in Chester County. Eggs and larvae 

 present, (Nettles). KENTUCKY - Larvae damaged corn in Webster, Hopkins, Henderson, 

 and Christian Counties. (Barnett) . MARYLAND - Generally moderate to heavy; 

 several fields in Frederick County show infestations over 50 percent. (U. Md., 

 Ent. Dept.). INDIANA - Common in tips of corn ears; larvae reported from Clay 

 County, Scott County, and Posey County causing damage in whorls of late-planted 

 corn. (Gould et al.). WISCONSIN - Few adults beginning to appear in blacklight 

 trap catches in Manitowoc area. Some fields near Sheboygan show light feeding 

 damage and larvae nearly mature, (Wis. Ins. Sur.). 



WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM (Loxagrotis albicosta ) - NEBRASKA - Generally light. Heaviest 

 infestations in late-planted corn"^ Individual fields in Hamilton, Butler, and 

 Dundy Counties, with larvae up to 37 per 25 ears. Larvae light, 5 or less per 

 25 plants in single fields examined in York, Colfax, Gosper, Furnas, Harlan, and 

 Dundy Counties. Negative in Dawson County (2 fields), Gosper County (3 additional 

 fields) and Dundy County (2 additional fields) and Perkins County (1 field) . 

 Ranged 0-8, averaged about 0.5 larvae per 25 ears in 74 Dawson County fields 

 (Pruess) . Averaged 15 per 25 ears in field near Shelby, Polk County (Keith et al.). 

 KANSAS - Larvae (second to late instars) averaged 0.3 per plant in cornfield in 

 Wichita County. Larvae present, but difficult to find in one field in each of 

 following counties: Logan, Gove, Scott, and Rawlins. New county records include 

 Scott, Gove, and Rawlins. Determinations by M.L. Shuman and K.O. Bell, (Bell). 



WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica virgifera) - UTAH ^ During period ending 

 August 12, damaged corn in Box Elder County. This is a new county record. 

 (Knowlton, Roberts). Much lodging noted in Cache County. (Thornley) . Current 

 injury to corn for ensilage, in Richmond area of Cache County, will make 

 mechanical harvesting difficult. (Thornley, Knowlton). NEBRASKA - Ranged 1-95, 

 averaged about 21 per 25 corn plants examined in 40 Dawson County fields, 

 (Pruess) . 



NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica longicornis ) - OHIO - In Crawford County, 

 adults ranged 1-17 per silkj average 1.7. Individual field averages as high as 

 4.5 adults per silk. In Morrow County, adults averaged 0.04 per silk in field 

 corn. Although very little feeding occurred on silks adult beetles present in 

 greater densities than reflected by silk-feeding readings. (Andress) . NORTH 

 CAROLINA - Adults collected from fresh corn silks in Yadkin, Wilkes, Surry, and 

 Stokes Counties, Heaviest in Surry County. These are new county records. (Bradley, 

 Hunt) . TENNESSEE - Adults abundant on corn silk in several fields in Weakley 

 County, Heavy root damage noted, (Pless) , Adults feeding on silk in field in 

 Morgan County for a new county record. Collected by Hadden, Determined by 

 Mullett, (Gordon). 



CORN ROOTWORMS (Diabrotica sppo) - WISCONSIN - Statewide survey begun. Populations 

 generally heavy although erratic in southern and southwestern counties. Popula- 

 tions light in northeastern counties. Lodging light or absent in most fields. 

 Lodging ranged 10-80 percent in minority of fields. Severe leaf and silk feeding 

 evident in some fields, D. virgifera (western corn rootworm) dominant in Manitowoc 

 and Sheboygan Counties n'ear Lake Michigan and in Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Green, 

 Rock, and Dane Counties, (Wis, Ins, Sur,). MINNESOTA - Adults averaged 5 per plant 

 and 60 percent lodged in Washington County field. Counts of 99 D. longicornis 

 (northern corn rootworm) and 6 D. virgifera adults on 10 corn plants in Wabasha 



