Volume 21 September 10, 1971 Number 37 



COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC INSECT REPORT 



HIGHLIGHTS 



Current Conditions 



CORN EARWORM increased in soybeans in Arkansas. Larvae damaged sorghum in south 

 Georgia and heavy in limited area of Alabama, (p. 655) . 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE troublesome on soybeans in South Carolina and Maryland, 

 (p. 658). 



BOLL WEEVIL punctured squares heavy in Louisiana. Migrating weevils hindered 

 controls in west Tennessee. Still heavy throughout Alabama. BOLLWORMS heavy in 

 Tennessee. Larvae troublesome in Alabama. Increased in Georgia, (p. 659). 



COWPEA APHID heavy on beans in limited area of Idaho, (p. 660). 



PEARSLUG heavy on cherries in Utah. (p. 661). 



Detection 



New State records include ASPARAGUS APHID from Maryland (p. 660), AN OLETHREUTID 

 MOTH from California (p. 662), and WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM from Michigan (p. 656). 



For new county records see page 664. 



Reports in this issue are for week ending September 3 unless otherwise indicated. 



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