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MAN AND ANIMALS 



FACE FLY ( Musca autumnalis ) - WISCONSIN - Heavy on cattle in Chippewa County. 

 (Wis. Ins. Sur .) . CALIFORNIA - Collected and determined by L. Dunning August 31 

 from livestock in Sacramento County. This is a new county record. (Cal. Coop. 

 Rpt.) . 



STABLE FLY ( Stomoxys calcitrans ) - WISCONSIN - Populations continue moderate on 

 most dairy farms, heavy in parts of Calumet and Walworth Counties. (Wis. Ins. 

 Sur.) . 



MOSQUITOES - CALIFORNIA - Increased in many areas. Light annoyance continues in 

 city areas. Anopheles moved from rice fields into populated areas. Horse immuni- 

 zation totals about 300,000 for Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis. Checks for 

 disease in human and horse populations negative. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). WISCONSIN - 

 Very heavy from low areas in several counties throughout State. Some increase in 

 biting noted throughout the central counties. (Wis. Ins. Sur.). MINNESOTA - 

 Larval collections showed 70 percent of samples contained Aedes vexans , 4.5 per- 

 cent contained A. triseria tus and 5.8 percent Culex tarsalis . Special efforts 

 made to locate Tree-hole breeding sites of A. triseriatus . In light trap collec- 

 tion 85 percent of 5,087 females taken were A. vexans , 4 percent were Culiseta 

 morsi tans . and 2.5 percent Anopheles walkeri . In evening bite collection 

 100 percent A. vexans . In daytime collection 71 percent A. vexans and 11 percent 

 A_. trivittatiJs . Other Aedes included triseriatus , fjtchii . excrucians , cinereus , 

 sticticus, and stimulans . A few Coquille t tidia perturbans also taken. (Minn. 

 Pest Rpt .) . 



GIANT HORNET ( Vespa crabro germana ) - INDIANA - A nest, built by this species, 

 taken in Marion County. This is a new county record. (Clark). 



FEDERAL AND STATE PLANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS 



RANGE CATERPILLAR ( Hemileuca oliyiae ) - NEW MEXICO - Larvae pupating on range- 

 land in Lincoln County. (Nielsen) . 



GRASSHOPPERS - WYOMING - Adult grasshopper survey completed. Total of 163,680 acres 

 of private. State and Federal rangeland economically infested. Aulocara elliotti , 

 Camnula pel lucida , Ageneote ttix deorum, Melanoplus inf an ti lis and Amphitornus 

 coloradus species involved. CHardy) . 



JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) - OHIO - In August, adults removed from red 

 raspberry plants in Lorain County averaged 25 per day. Three to 5 percent of leaves 

 destroyed. Moderate to heavy damage observed on wild and domesticated grapes. 

 (Kumheva) . 



EUROPEAN CRANE FLY ( Tipula paludosa ) - WASHINGTON - Adults, male and female, seen 

 near lights at Ferndale, Whatcom County. (Holmes). 



WESTERN GRAPELEAF SKELETONIZER ( Harrisina brillians ) - CALIFORNIA - Surveys negative 

 at Sacramento, Sacramento County^ (Ca 1 . Coop . Rpt . ) . 



PINK BOLLWORM ( Pec tinophora gossypiella ) - CALIFORNIA - Sterile moths released at 

 Bakersfield, Kern County totaled 3,814,500; total of 73,195,500 moths released 

 during 1971 season. (PPD) . TEXAS - Heavy infestations in north-central areas. In 

 Collin County, larvae averaged 2.2 per boll in fields surveyed. In Johnson, Ellis, 

 Kaufman, and Denton Counties, extent of infestation presently unknown. Light and 

 scattered in Pecos County; in Coyanosa area heavy infestation in isolated field. 

 Boll infestation in El Paso County averaged less than 4 percent. Light in 

 isolated fields in Glasscock County. (Turney et al.). FLORIDA - Eleven larvae, 

 five pupae collected from wild cotton at Tavernier, Monroe County, August 26. 

 Determined by V.H. Owens. (Creamer). 



