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TURF, PASTURES, RANGELAMD 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Damaged coastal Bermuda 

 grass in Lee and Marlboro Counties. (Nettles), TEXAS - All south-central area 

 counties surrounding Gonzales reported economic damaee to pastureland. In College 

 Station area, Brazos County, larvae heavy on coastal fJermuda grass. (Cole et al.), 

 OKLAHOMA - Heavily damaged new Bermuda grass lawns in Kay County. Some lawn 

 damage in Payne County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



CHINCH BUGS (Blissus spp.) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults and nymphs of B. leucopterus 

 leucopterus (chinch bug) damaged lawns in Centre County. (Adams), OHIO - Adults 

 and nymphs of B. leucopterus hirtus (hairy chinch bug) 150+ per square foot in 

 lawns in Wayne^County . (Niemczyk) . 



TWOLINED SPITTLEBUG (Prosapia bicincta ) - ALABAMA - Adults and nymphs heavy in 

 western Monroe County in Bermuda grass fields. Controls applied. (Lemons, Smith), 

 Heavy and damaging large coastal Bermuda grass field in Dale County. Damaged 

 some fields in Barbour County. (Estes, Walton). 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



ALFALFA CATERPILLAR ( Colias eurytheme) - NEVADA - Ranged 4-5 per sweep of alfalfa 

 in Reese River Valley"] Lander County, hay fields. (Hilbig) . NEW MEXICO - Larvae 

 ranged 8-15 per 25 sweeps of alfalfa near Roswell, Chaves County. (Mathews). 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - ARIZONA - Larvae 360 per 100 sweeps of 

 alfalfa in north Gila Valley, Yuma County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). OKLAHOMA - Larvae 

 destroyed some alfalfa seedling fields in Garfield County. Heavy in Atoka County. 

 (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



BEET ARMYWORM (Spodoptera exigua ) - ARIZONA - Larvae per 100 sweeps of alfalfa in 

 Yuma County: North Gila Valley 1,320 and Yuma Valley 60. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



WESTERN YELLOWSTRIPED ARMYWORM (Spodoptera praefica) - IDAHO - Larvae damaged 

 alfalfa, sugarbeets, and other crops in Canyon, Elmore, Owyhee, Payette, and 

 Washington Counties. Control needed in many cases. (Homan) . NEVADA - Small larvae 

 medium on alfalfa in Mason and Smith Valleys, Lyon County. (Batchelder) . 

 Occasional larva in hayfields in Reese River Valley, Lander County. (Hilbig). 



THREECORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER (Spissistilus festinus ) - ARIZONA - Counts per 100 

 sweeps of alfalfa in Yuma County: North Gila Valley 600, south Gila Valley 190, 

 Yuma Mesa 340, and Yuma Valley 840. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). MISSOURI - Adults ranged 

 2-18 per 10 sweeps of alfalfa in southeastern area. Discoloration of girdled 

 plants appearing in extreme southeast counties. (Munson) . 



MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (Philaenus spumarius ) - KENTUCKY - Adults averaged 320 per 100 

 sweeps of alfalfa in Madison County. (Harnett) . 



A LYGUS BUG (Lygus sp.) - COLORADO - Ranged 0-800 per 100 sweeps of alfalfa in 

 Arkansas Valley. Potential to become economic on seed field exists. (Schweissing) . 



PEA APHID (Acyrthosiphon pisum ) - NEW MEXICO - Increased in Chaves County alfalfa. 

 Ranged from 40 to 500+ per 25 sweeps in fields checked. (Mathews). Light in 

 alfalfa in southern Dona Ana County. (Riddle). 



ALFALFA WEEVIL (Hypera postica ) - ARIZONA - Collected on alfalfa by J. May in 

 Coconino County at Fredonia May 27. This is a new county record. Determined by 

 R.E. Warner. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



