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SOYBEANS 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - NORTH CAROLINA - Foliage loss 50+ 

 percent in Pasquotank County, Populations increased throughout Coastal Plains. 

 Defoliation 15 percent in Scotland County. (Westcott et al.). VIRGINIA - Controls 

 underway in Tidewater areas, especially south of Rappahannock River. Reports of 

 10-acre field with near 100 percent defoliation in Nansemond County. Adults 

 increased to outbreak proportions in Accomac and Northampton Counties. (Allen). 



BEAN LEAF BEETLE ( Cerotoma trifurcata ) - MISSISSIPPI - Adults averaged 15 per 

 linear foot in Lowndes County field. Averaged 6 per linear foot in Monroe County 

 field. (Robinson) . 



VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR (Anticarsia gemmatalis ) - FLORIDA - Increased on unsprayed 

 soybeans at Quincy, Gadsden County; small larvae 4 per row foot; many commercial 

 fields treated near Quincy, September 7. (Greene); all stages but mostly smaller 

 larvae 8 per row foot (second week at this level) on unsprayed soybeans near 

 Gainesville, Alachua County. (Whitcomb) . 



COTTON 



BOLLWORMS (Heliothis spp.) - ARIZONA - Many fields treated for H. zea in Salt 

 River Valley, Maricopa County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). TEXAS - In El Paso County, 

 less than 4 percent H. zea infestations in unsprayed fields. In Reeves County, 

 2-5 percent with heavier infestations in sprayed fields. In Midland, Glasscock, 

 and Martin Counties, less than 2 percent. In Pecos County, 2-6 percent infesta- 

 tions. Increase noted in isolated fields in Bakersfield area of Pecos County. 

 Eggs increased in terminals of late-planted cotton. Eggs ranged 20-55 per 100 

 terminals in these fields. (Neeb) . OKLAHOMA - K. zea damage averaged 30 percent 

 in Marshall County and ranged 5-7 percent in Tillman County. Moderate in Bryan 

 County and light in Payne County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). TENNESSEE - H. zea larvae 

 caused damage throughout western areas. (Locke). ARKANSAS - Of 3,2'B5 specimens 

 collected on cotton, 75 or 2.14 percent determined H. virescens . This species 

 averaged 5.1 percent for previous 10 years. H. virescens relatively heavy in 

 certain spots. Heliothis spp. populations remain heavy in some cotton in south- 

 west areas. (Boyer) . 



BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis) - TENNESSEE - Damage heavy to late cotton in 

 western areas. No damage noted in early cotton. (Locke). TEXAS - Remained light 

 in Glasscock, Midland, and Martin Counties. Punctured squares averaged 5 percent 

 in Glasscock County. Averaged less than 5 percent in Midland and Martin Counties. 

 Heavy in parts of Nolan County. Heavy in Wichita, Wilbarger, and Fisher Counties. 

 (Neeb, Boring) . OKLAHOMA - Punctured squares averaged 30 percent in Marshall 

 County and 20 percent in Tillman County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



SUGAR BEETS 



SPINACH LEAFMINER (Pegomya hyoscyami ) - WYOMING - Late generation infested 0-50 

 percent of sugar beet plants in several fields near Powell, Park County, (Murray), 



POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPERS 



TOMATO FRUITWORM (Heliothis zea) - COLORADO - Moths increased in light trap. Egg 

 counts 1 per 300 tomato leaves in Arkansas Valley. (Schweissing) . UTAH - Infesta- 

 tion light in northern and central area tomato fields, (Knowlton) , NEW MEXICO - 

 Damaged fruit in Berino area. Dona Ana County; about 1 out of 5 ripening tomatoes 

 damaged. (Riddle). 



EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Ostrinia nubilalis ) - DELAWARE - Larval infestation of sweet 

 peppers averages 42 percent. Third- generation larvae present in 33 percent of 

 infested fruit. No fresh egg masses found on September 15 in northwestern Sussex 

 County. (Burbutis, Lesiewicz) . WISCONSIN - Damaged 5 acres of peppers in Walworth 

 County. (Wis. Ins. Sur.), 



