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TURF, PASTURES, RANGELAND 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - TEXAS - Second generation increasing on 

 grasses in Erath County. Apparently decreasing in south-central area. (Hoelscher, 

 Cole) . 



YELLOWSTRIPED ARMYWORM (Spodoptera ornithogalli ) - TEXAS - Damaged coastal Bermuda 

 pastures in counties near Gonzales County. (Cole) . 



GRASSWORMS (Mocis spp.) - FLORIDA - M. latipes accounted for 90 percent of popula- 

 tion; damage severe to 10-acre pangola grass pasture at Loxahatchee, Palm Beach 

 County and 0.5 to 1 acre spots in pastures at Belle Glade. (Genung) . 



A DELPHACID PLANTHOPPER (Delphacodes propinqua ) - ARIZONA - Moderate to heavy in 

 Bermuda grass seed plots at Yuma, Yuma County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



A STINK BUG (Edessa florida ) - VIRGINIA - Adults collected in house in Gloucester 

 County October 6 by F.B. Goode. Determined by R.L, Hoffman. This is a new county 

 record. (Allen). 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



ALFALFA CATERPILLAR (Colias eurytheme ) - NEW MEXICO - Generally light in most 

 alfalfa in southern areas. Larvae ranged 5-7 per 25 sweeps in some areas. (N.M. 

 Coop. Rpt .) . 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy in alfalfa in Pontotoc 

 County. Few fields to be treated. COkla. Coop. Sur.). 



MEADOW SPITTLEBUG ( Philaenus spumarius) - VIRGINIA - Adults 6 per 25 sweeps in 

 Montgomery and Roanoke County alfalfa. (Allen), 



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

 sweeps of alfalfa in Yuma County: Gila Valley 200, Yuma Mesa 400, and Yuma Valley 

 500. Girdling noted in some established stands. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



PEA APHID (Acyrthosiphon pisum ) - WISCONSIN - Populations light and expected to 

 remain light in western Dane County. Of specimens noted, 37 percent parasitized, 

 diseased or male, 20 percent, alate viviparae or developing wing pads, 43 percent, 

 viable apterate viviparae. No oviparous forms noted, (Wis. Ins, Sur.). NEW 

 MEXICO - Ranged 25-75 per square foot in some newly seeded alfalfa in Chaves 

 County. (Mathews). 



SOYBEANS 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - MARYLAND - Heaviest overwintering 

 populations in 4 years emerging from pupation in matured soybean acreage near 

 Salisbury, Fruitland, and Sharptown areas of Wicomico County. Flights of adults 

 heavy in most wooded areas in this section. Flight activity also heavy in the 

 Stockton and Girdletree areas of Worcester County. (U. Md., Ent. Dept.). NORTH 

 CAROLINA - Defoliation still heavy in Coastal Plains. Defoliation 50+ percent in 

 some areas of Hoke and Robeson Counties. Critical period ended except for very 

 late soybeans, (Baxley) . 



COTTON 



BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis ) - TEXAS - Extensive boll damage observed in 

 Throckmorton, Wilbarger, Tom Green, and Hardeman Counties, (Boring), ARKANSAS - 

 Live weevils still in fields in east-central areas. Diapause control applied in 

 southeast and central areas. Some diapause control in east-central areas, (Boyer) , 



