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SOUTHERN GREEN STINK BUG (Nezara viridula) - FLORIDA - Heavy on unsprayed soy- 

 beans, damaged pods at Quincy, Gadsen County. (Greene). SOUTH CAROLINA - All 

 plants infested in 500 acres of soybeans in Chesterfield County. (Smith). 



VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR (Anticarsia gemmatalis ) - FLORIDA - Up to 3 larvae per 

 row foot on unsprayed soybeans at Quincy, Gadsen County. (Greene). 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis ) - MISSISSIPPI - Adults 6 per bloom in Holmes 

 County field. One bloom had 27 adults. (Robinson) . TENNESSEE - Populations heavy 

 in untreated fields; damaged bolls up to 0.75 inches. (Cagle) . ALABAMA - Cotton 

 generally 7-15 days later than normal and adults heavy, egg laying and feeding 

 punctures heavy on top bolls. Boll rot reported problem in Tuscaloosa, Madison, 

 Cullman, Cherokee, De Kalb, Etowah, Dallas, Lowndes, Conecuh, and Barbour 

 Counties. Over 50 percent of cotton lost in some fields in Conecuh County. 

 (McQueen). GEORGIA - Still in late cotton throughout southern areas. (Womack, 

 Sept. 25). 



BOLLWORMS (Heliothis spp.) - TEXAS - In El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, H. zea 

 infestations less than 3 percent. In Pecos and Reeves Counties, larval infesta- 

 tions 2-4 percent in isolated fields. In Midland, Glasscock, and Martin Counties, 

 infestations less than 2 percent. Moderate damage throughout Rolling Plains area, 

 infestations heavy in some fields near Vernon. Late cotton in Denton area noted 

 infested by H. zea and H. virescens. (Neeb et al.). OKLAHOMA - Populations in 

 Chickasha area, Grady CJounty , about 70 percent H. zea and 30 percent H. virescens . 

 (Okla. Coop. Sur.). MISSISSIPPI - Caused little damage to cotton. Few larvae 

 feeding in large bolls. In Humphreys and Tunica Counties, egg deposition noted 

 throughout plant. (Robinson). GEORGIA - Larvae and eggs remain heavy throughout 

 southern areas. (Womack, Sept. 25). 



CABBAGE LOOPER (Trichoplusia ni ) - MISSISSIPPI - Moth collections totaled 16,970 

 in 2 blacklight traps at Stoneville, Washington County, September 24-30. 

 (Pfrimmer et al.). 



COTTON LEAF PERFORATOR (Bucculatrix thurberiella ) - TEXAS - Light in Bakersf ield 

 area of Pecos County. In Glasscock and Midland Counties, light around field 

 margins. Light in isolated fields in Delta County during past 14 days. (Neeb, 

 Tappscott) . 



COTTON LEAFWORM (Alabama argillacea ) - TEXAS - Recovered total of 17 moths in 

 blacklight trap in McLennan County week ending October 1. (Cowan et al.). 



TOBACCO 



TOBACCO MOTH ( Ephestia elutella ) - NORTH CAROLINA - Up to 30 percent loss 

 occurred in area bound by Duplin, Lee, and Wayne Counties. (Robertson). 



SUGAR BEETS 



ZEBRA CATERPILLAR (Ceramica picta) - WASHINGTON - Larvae of this species and 

 Peridroma saucia (variegated cutworm) caused heavy damage to sugarbeets in some 

 fields near Yakima, Yakima County. (Chaplin, Harwood) . 



AN EPHYDRID FLY (Psilopa leucostoma ) - IDAHO - Adults reared from sugar beet 

 (■Beta vulgaris ) leaves collected at Paul, Minidoka County, August 6. Determined 

 by W. W. Wirth. (Peay) . 



