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many as 20 adults per plant in field of late corn. Considerable damage to tips 

 of marketable sweet corn evident in some portions of Dane County. (Wis. Ins, 

 Sur.) . 



SORGHUM MIDGE (Contarinia sorghicola ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy in sorghum in Atoka 

 County and light in Marshall County. None seen in 2 fields of blooming sorghum 

 in Caddo and Kiowa Counties. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). ARKANSAS - Adults ranged 10-15 

 per head in blooming sorghum in Washington County. (Boyer) . KENTUCKY - Adults 

 ranged 8-10 per sorghum head in Marshall County. (Barnett) . ALABAMA - Adult 

 ranged 20-40 per head on blooming grain sorghum August 31 in Lee County field 

 adjoining older plants. For several days prior observed 1-5 adults per head. 

 (McQueen). FLORIDA - Larvae heavy on unsprayed blooming sorghum heads at Quincy, 

 Gadsden County. (Greene). 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - FLORIDA - Infesting unsprayed, young 

 (1 foot high) sweet and field corn at Quincy, Gadsden County. (Greene) . NORTH 

 CAROLINA - Larvae increased on corn and sorghum in Piedmont and Coastal Plains, 

 In Coastal Plains, 5-10 percent of plants with at least one larva. (Bradley). 

 MARYLAND - Infestations remain spotty in late-planted corn. Heaviest damage 

 averaged 1 percent in 75 acres of field corn near Henderson, Caroline County. 

 (U. Md., Ent. Dept.), OKLAHOMA - Ranged 1-3 per plant on sorghum in Caddo County, 

 Ranged 0-2 per head of grain sorghum in Caddo, Washita, and Kiowa Counties; light 

 in most fields. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



WESTERN BEAN CUTWORM (Loxagrotis albicosta ) - NEBRASKA - In Brown and Rock 

 Counties, larvae averaged less than 1 per 25 ears in 5 cornfields. These are new 

 county records. Negative in Loup and Keya Paha Counties. About 50 percent of 

 plants in field near North Platte, Lincoln County, infested with 1-2 per ear. 

 (Campbell) . 



DINGY CUTWORM (Feltia subgothica ) - MICHIGAN - Collections nearing seasonal peak 

 at all stations. Lenawee County station weekly total 235 moths. Other stations 

 by county as follows: Monroe, 156; Montcalm, 159; Oceana, 191; Bay, 176; and 

 Ottawa, 88. Occasionally damages field crops, but normally larvae prefer low 

 growing weeds. No evidence of field damage reported. (Newman). 



SORGHUM WEBWORM (Celama sorghiella ) - NORTH CAROLINA - Infested 30-50 percent of 

 heads in 25 acres of sorghum in Pender County and 1 acre in Jones County. 

 Scattered reports from Union County area. (Falter) . 



BANKS GRASS MITE (Oligonychus pratensis ) - WYOMING - Ranged 10-20 percent in 4 

 fields near Powell, Park County on August 25 (Murray). On August 31, 3 additional 

 fields of corn showing 10-20 percent infestation, (Burkhardt) . COLORADO - Still 

 on corn throughout Arkansas Valley. Heavy counts and damage found in individual 

 fields in Prowers, Bent, Otero, Crowley, and Pueblo Counties. Also noted on 

 sorghum in same area but counts light and damage not apparent. (Schweissing) . 

 OKLAHOMA - Moderate to heavy on sorghum in some areas of Cimarron County. (Okla. 

 Coop. Sur.). TEXAS - Light in Glasscock, Reagan, Martin, Midland, and Pecos 

 Counties. In Reeves County, increased in most fields. Light increase on sorghum 

 in El Paso County. Light in Dell City area of Hudspeth County. In Sherman County, 

 some isolated controls on sorghum. (Neeb, Clymer) . 



SPIDER MITES - UTAH - Damage to corn leaves increasing in many areas, associated 

 with very dry, hot August. Control most extensive in Utah County (Knowlton) . 

 Becoming more severe in Weber County corn (Boyer, Roberts) . 



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A CERAMBYCID BEETLE (Dectes texanus texanus) - TENNESSEE - Adults collected from 

 following counties: Madison, Haywood, Crockett, Henry, Hardeman, McNairy, 

 Chester, Henderson, Hardin, Decatur, Carroll, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley, and 

 Benton for new county records. Collected July 28 through August 31. All adults 

 collected from cockleburs in soybean fields and no adults collected in fields 



