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herd of 200 cattle in Monroe County, some individual cows had up to 50 per face. 

 (Robinson). WISCONSIN - Counts moderate in most counties but severe annoyance to 

 cattle reported in Iron and Chippewa Counties. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). 



STABLE FLY ( Stomoxys calcitrans ) - WISCONSIN - Counts on cattle moderate in all 

 areas except Sauk and Adams Counties, where heavy. Activity most intense on 

 warmer days. Controls underway in all counties. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). 



MOSQUITOES - MINNESOTA - Light trap counts decreased week ending August 27 with 

 Aedes vexans accounting for 67 percent of 2,287 females taken. Over 50 percent of 

 larval collections contained A. vexans . In evening, bite collections over 80 per- 

 cent A. vexans and in daytime, collections 89 percent this species. A. stimulans, 

 A. excrucians and A. f itchii accounted for 8 percent of total. (Minn.~Pest Rpt.). 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS 



AN EULOPHID WASP ( Tetras tichus incertus ) OHIO - Found in sample collected on 

 July 18, in Washington County. This is a new county record. (Flessel) . 



GREATER WAX MOTH ( Galleria mellonella ) - ALABAMA - Larvae damaged several stands 

 of bees at Bynum, Calhoun County. (Butler et al.). 



HONEY BEE (Apis mellifera ) - WEST VIRGINIA - Of 1,705 colonies inspected in 

 August, 19 diseased with American foulbrood. (W.Va. Ins. Sur.). 



FEDERAL AND STATE PLANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS 



COMSTOCK MEALYBUG ( Pseudococcus corns tocki ) - CALIFORNIA - Single ivy plant 

 infested at Lindsay^ Tulare County. (Cal . Coop. Rpt.). 



EUROPEAN CRANE FLY ( Tipula paludosa ) - WASHINGTON - First adults of season 

 collected August 23. Emergence light in Blaine, Whatcom County. (Leckie) . 



GRASSHOPPERS - NORTH DAKOTA - Adult survey completed. Total of 581 stops in 24 

 counties. Infestations increased but widely scattered and mostly light 

 (2 ratings). Light in north-central, south-central, northeast, east-central and 

 southeast counties. Economic (3 ratings) in parts of Morton, Cass, Ransom, and 

 Richland Counties. Estimated 135,000 acres of cropland show 3 ratings. Dominant 

 species Melanoplus bivitta tus , M. sanguinipes and M. femurrubrum . Rangeland 

 infestations noneconomic in all areas except in Ransom and Richland Counties; 

 about 12,000 acres show 3 ratings. Dominant cropland species Melanoplus 

 bivitta tus . With favorable conditions next spring, infestations expected to 

 increase again in 1972. (Brandvik, Crasser) . OKLAHOMA - Adult survey during August 

 shows 1,900,000 acres of rangeland in 32 counties economically infested. Light to 

 threatening populations in crop margins and roadside habitats throughout area. 

 Dominant rangeland species Phlibostroma quadrimacula tum , Ageneotet tix deorum , 

 Drepanopterna femoratum , Amphitornus coloradus , Syrbula admirabilis , Melanoplus 

 occidentalis , Metator pardalinus , and Hesperotettix speciosus . Dominant crop 

 margin and roadside species Melanoplus dif f erentialis , M. bivitta tus , M. 

 JH. pacKardii . Hesperotettix speciosus , and Aeoloplides turnbulli . ^kla. 

 Coop. Sur.). UTAH - Outbreaks occurred at Paragonan and on Cedar Mountain in Iron 

 County. (Sjoblom) . In many localities along Wasetch Front, Box Elder through Utah 

 Counties, grasshoppers moving from drying rangeland into farms, orchards, and 

 adjacent home gardens causing injury. (Knowlton) . Some outbreaks in Uintah County. 

 (Hunsaker) . OREGON - Economic levels of 8+ per square yard occurred on estimated 

 1,292,000 acres of range and cropland in 1971. Dominant species Melanoplus 

 sanguinipes . M. packardii . Camnula pellucida , and Oedaleonotus enigma . No control 

 programs initiated. (Goeden, Gorham) . 



