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TURF, PASTURES, RANGELAND 



FALL ARMYWORM ( Spodoptera frugiperda) - MISSISSIPPI - Infested Bermuda grass 

 lawns in Oktibbeha County » (Robinson) . ARKANSAS - Feeding on fescue pastures in 

 Ashley County. Controls may be needed « (Boyer) . OKLAHOMA - Light to moderate in 

 south- central area. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



TWOLINED SPITTLEBUG (Prosapia bicincta ) - ALABAMA - Light but noticeable damage 

 to several coastal Bermuda grass fields in Geneva and Barbour Counties. 

 (Reynolds, Walton). 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



ALFALFA CATERPILLAR (Colias eurytheme ) - ARIZONA - Counts per 100 sweeps of 

 alfalfa: Southern Maricopa County, larvae 54; Yuma County, Yuma Mesa and Valley 

 20, Gila Valley 80. (AriZo Coop. Sur.). NEW MEXICO - Larvae ranged 1-2 per sweep 

 in most alfalfa in Lea County and ranged 5-8 per 25 sweeps in fields near Roswell, 

 Chaves County. Adults very abundant in Lea County. (Mathews). 



FALL ARMYWORM ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy in fall planted alfalfa 

 in Osage County'I (Okla^ Coop. Sur.). 



GREEN CLOVERWORM (Plathypena scabra) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy; damage light in alfalfa 

 in several southwestern and south-central counties. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



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

 sweeps of alfalfa: Southern Maricopa County 486; Yuma County, Parker Valley 125, 

 Gila Valley and Yuma Mesa 110, Yuma Valley 650. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



ALFALFA WEEVIL (Hypera postica ) - OKLAHOMA - Adults averaged 12 per 25 sweeps of 

 alfalfa and common on ground. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



SOYBEANS 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE ( Epilachna varivestis ) - VIRGINIA - Defoliated soybean leaves 

 in Nansemond County area; beans too mature to suffer much damage. (Smith). 



VELVETBEAN CATERPILLAR (Anticarsia gemmatalis) - FLORIDA - Larvae attacked and 

 killed by Spicaria rileyl (a fungus") in soybean fields near Gainesville, Alachua 

 County. (Whitcomb) . 



BANDEDWING WHITEFLY (Tr ja leurodes abutAlpn^El) - MISSISSIPPI - Surveys in Leflore, 

 Sunflower, Bolivar, and Coahoma Counties. Indicated infestations most common 

 around edges of fields. Heavy in single field in Leflore County; sooty mold noted 

 throughout field. (Robinson). 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis ) - TEXAS - Populations light (punctured square 

 counts less than 1 percent) in St . Lawrence area of Glasscock County where diapause 

 control programs have been carried out in previous years. In northeastern part 

 of Glasscock County where diapause control programs had not been conducted in 

 past, populations ranged 10-30,000 adults per acre. In many of these fields 100 

 punctured squares common. In Midland and Martin Counties, punctured squares 

 ranged less than 1 percent. (Neeb) . OKLAHOMA - Adults numerous in cotton with 

 flowers and green squares in southwestern area fields not sprayed; squares not 

 likely to make before frost. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). ALABAMA - Weevils in fields still 

 heavy although present newly emerged adults not expected to cause further damage 

 this season. Counties reporting problems with boll rot are Marion, Cullman, 

 Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Hale, Dallas, and Barbour, (McQueen). 



