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

 alfalfa in several Grandview and Mountain Home, Elmore County fields, September 

 17. (Edwards). NEVADA - Larvae light on alfalfa in Lower Valley area near 

 Lovelock, Pershing County. (Martinelli) . 



ALFALFA CATERPILLAR (Colias eury theme ) - KANSAS - Larvae damaged seedling alfalfa 

 in Hamilton County. (Bell) . NEW MEXICO - Larvae ranged 2-20 per 25 sweeps of 

 alfalfa in Rio Arriba County. (Heninger) . 



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

 sweeps of alfalfa in Yuma County: Dome Valley 140, Gila Valley 380, Yuma Mesa 

 120, and Yuma Valley 1,925. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). OKLAHOMA - Averaged 13 per 10 

 sweeps of alfalfa in Payne County field. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



TARNISHED PLANT BUG (Lygus lineolaris ) - MASSACHUSETTS - Count of 25 per 100 

 sweeps of alfalfa in Berkshire County field. (Miller) . OKLAHOMA - Averaged 13 

 per 10 sweeps in alfalfa field in Payne County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



MEADOW SPITTLEBUG (Philaenus spumarius ) - MASSACHUSETTS - Adults 13 per 100 

 sweeps of alfalfa in Berkshire County field. (Miller) , 



LEAFMINER FLIES (Agromyza spp.) - MASSACHUSETTS - Adults 51 per 100 sweeps of 

 alfalfa in Berkshire County field. Larval damage less than 1 percent. (Miller). 



SOYBEANS 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - MARYLAND - Adult and larval feeding 

 injury ranged 50-80 percent in 800 acres near Sharptown, Salisbury, and 

 Quantico areas of Wicomico County. Growers not applying controls due to close- 

 ness of harvest. Expect heavy overwintering populations in this area. (U. Md., 

 Ent. Dept.). VIRGINIA - Increased east of City of Richmond. Larvae and adults 

 widely distributed. (Allen) . NORTH CAROLINA - All stages caused 20-30 percent 

 defoliation in many central area fields. (Hunt). 



VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR (Anticarsia gemmatalis ) - FLORIDA - Larval populations 

 declined in past 7-14 days on unsprayed soybeans at farm near Gainesville, 

 Alachua County. (Whitcomb) . Adults abundant, (Fla. Coop. Sur.). 



SOUTHERN GREEN STINK BUG (Nezara viridula ) - MISSISSIPPI - Adults and nymphs 10 

 per linear foot in one Clay County field. (Robinson). 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis ) - ALABAMA - Adults heavy throughout State. 

 Expect heavy populations entering or available to enter diapause, especially in 

 extreme northern areas. (McQueen). TEXAS - Increased in isolated sites in 

 Glasscock County, heaviest in northeastern part of county. Punctured squares 

 ranged 20-25 percent in these isolated areas, adults 100 to 1,000 per acre. Light 

 on east side of county near St. Lawrence area. Light, less than 10 percent 

 punctured squares in isolated fields in Reagan County. Light spotted infestations 

 in southeast corner of Martin County. Light and spotted on east side of Midland 

 County. Building up on cotton in south-central counties where stalks still in 

 fields. (Neeb) . 



BOLLWORMS (Heliothis spp.) - TEXAS - H. zea larval infestations less than 3 per- 

 cent in untreated fields in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties. Larval infestations 

 less than 4 percent in unsprayed fields and heavy in sprayed fields in Reeves 

 County, Decreased, less than 4 percent larval infestation in most fields in 

 Pecos County. Less than 1 percent infestation in Midland, Glasscock, and Martin 

 Counties. Egg counts in Trans- Pecos area averaged less than 10 per 100 terminals 

 in most fields. (Neeb). ARKANSAS - Increase in H. virescens numbers in southeast 

 areas. Larval sample collected on farm in Chicot County September 16 showed 20 

 H. virescens and 2 H. zea. Sample September 21 in Chicot County showed 6 H. zea 



