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POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPERS 



EUROPEAN CORN BORER (Ostrinia nubilalis ) - DELAWARE - No adults in blacklight 

 traps. Infestations of untreated sweet peppers averaged 55.4 percent. Third- 

 generation larvae in fourth or fifth instar. (Burbutis, Lesiewicz) . 



GRASSHOPPERS - UTAH - Damage moderate to tomatoes along Wasatch Front, Box Elder 

 County, and in some Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, and Utah County fields and gardens. 

 (Knowlton) . 



VINEGAR FLIES (Drosophila spp.) - NEW JERSEY - Population heaviest in many years 

 noted throughout State. Populations due to abundant rainfall causing cracking 

 and rotting of tomato fruit. (Ins.-Dis. Newsltr.) . 



BEANS AND PEAS 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - OKLAHOMA - Larvae damaged mungbeans in 

 Kingfisher County. (Okla. Coop. Sur .) . 



COLE CROPS 



CABBAGE LOOPER (Trichoplusia ni ) - NEW MEXICO - Still troublesome on lettuce in 

 Dona Ana County. (N.M. Coop. Rpt.). 



CUCURBITS 



LEAF MINER FLIES (Liriomyza spp.) - ARIZONA - Averaged 50 per 50 sweeps of squash 

 vines at northwest Phoenix, Maricopa County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



ASPARAGUS APHID (Brachycolus asparagi ) - NEW JERSEY - Difficult to find; most 

 decline due to predators . DELAWARE - Collected from asparagus ferns in Kent and 

 New Castle Counties by J.S. McDaniel on August 23, 1971. Determined by L.M. 

 Russell. This is a new State record. (Burbutis, Lesiewicz). 



IMPORTED CABBAGEWORM (Pieris rapae) - COLORADO - Larvae up to 4 per head of 

 cabbage in Larimer County. (Hantsbarger) . 



TURNIP APHID (Hyadaphis pseudobrassicae ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy and killing turnip 

 plants in Kingfisher County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



ONION THRIPS (Thrips tabaci) - COLORADO - Still on unharvested onions in north- 

 eastern areas. (Hantsbarger) . 



DECIDUOUS FRUITS AND NUTS 



A RAIN BEETLE (Pleocoma dubitalis dubitalis ) - OREGON - First adults (4) taken 

 in blacklight trap at Macleay, Marion County, September 26, recovered 10 on 

 September 27. Cold morning temperature apparently restricted flight activity, 

 no specimens caught September 28-30. First catches in Newberg area, Yamhill 

 County, September 27, and adult activity followed same pattern as at Macleay. 

 (Penrose) . 



WHITE APPLE LEAFHOPPER (Typhlocyba pomaria) - MARYLAND - Adults ranged 5-25 per 

 100 leaves in 4 acres of apples near Hancock, Washington County., (U. Md., Ent. 

 Dept . ) . 



PECAN WEEVIL (Curculio caryae ) - OKLAHOMA - Still heavy on pecans in Bryan County 

 and light in Marshall County. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). TEXAS - Larvae infested pecans 

 in Throckmorton and Young counties. Adult damage in these counties heavy. 

 (Boring). MISSISSIPPI - Few adults in orchards throughout State. Larvae (up to 

 2 per nut) in an orchard in Panola County. Estimated infestation 30-40 percent. 

 (Baughman) . 



