FEDERAL AND STATE PLANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS 



CITRUS BLACKFLY (Al e ui'ocanthus woglumi ) - Surveys indicate extensions in Browns- 

 ville, TEXAS and Matamoros, MEXICO. All new infestations in Brownsville light 

 and scattered. Surveys continue. Controls in progress. (PP) . 



EUROPEAN CRANE FLY (Tipula pal udosa) - WASHINGTON - Numerous larvae collected 

 from lawns at Blaine, Whatcom County, week of November 1-5. Heavy rains 

 apparently caused larvae to surface. (Rosander) . 



GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL (Achatina f ulica ) - FLORIDA - Eggs collected from 4 different 

 lawns in northwest area of Miami, Dade County. (DeHaven, Lawton, Oct. 18). 



IMPORTED FIRE ANT ( Solenopsi s saevissima richteri ) - GEORGIA - Light on farm at 

 Whitesburg, Carroll County. Collected by K.R. Parkinson November 1. TEXAS - 

 Heavy in plowed cornfield at Chappell Hill, Washington County. Collected by 

 B.B. Smith November 4. Both county records determined by V.H. Owens; confirmed 

 by D.R. Smith. (PP) . 



PINK BOLLWORM ( Pectinophora gossypiella ) - ARIZONA - Lint cleaner larval counts 

 per bale in Yuma County cotton gins: Roll 11, Horn 50, Blaisdel 0, Parker 

 Valley 4-40, Texas-Hill 30, Yuma 2-9, Somerton 9, and Gila Valley 1. At San 

 Simon 21+ per bale in Cochise County. Larvae 12.5 per 100 bolls checked in 

 Mohave Valley area of Yuma County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). NEW MEXICO - Populations 

 increased in cotton in Artesia area, Eddy County. Green boll infestations 

 ranged 8-20 percent. (Mathews). Several fields near Sunland Park, Dona Ana 

 County, had heavy infestations in green bolls. Two fields with 90+ percent of 

 green bolls infested and many had 2+ larvae per boll October 29, (Campbell). 

 No larvae in green bolls in 6 fields in Roswell area, Chaves County. (Mathews). 

 TEXAS - Detected in one field in Wichita County during period ending October 29. 

 (Boring). Larvae moderate to heavy in bolls in most Trans- Pecos area counties. 

 Larvae ranged 2-5 per boll in many fields. Found in unopened bolls in Midland, 

 Martin, Glasscock, Reagan, and Ward Counties and certain areas of Pecos County. 

 Populations in cotton heavier than since fall of 1967. Most larval infestations 

 in this area ranged 5,000 to 30,000 per acre. (Neeb) . Light to heavy in Fort 

 Bend, Wharton, and Brazoria Counties. (Poindexter) . OKLAHOMA - Percent green 

 bolls infested by county: Caddo 7; McClain 10; Mcintosh 20; Greer 10; Harmon 

 5; Jackson 1; Bryan 35; Garvin 10; Jefferson 54; Marshall 40; Love 46; and Coal 

 30. Positive lint cleaner inspections from 2 new counties. Coal and Mcintosh, 

 but inspections in Jackson and Harmon Counties negative. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



SWEETPOTATO WEEVIL (Cylas formicarius e legantulus ) - TEXAS - Heavy and localized 

 near Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, mid-November. Adults 8-10 per plant. Tubers 

 severely perforated and larvae numerous. (Poindexter). 



TULIPTREE SCALE ( Toumeyella liriodendri ) - CALIFORNIA - Found on yellowpoplar and 

 deciduous magnolia; infested 14 properties so far at Sonoma, Sonoma County. 

 Following week's surveys show adults heavy. Known infestation extended a mile 

 north and west of the Sonoma infestation to Boyes Hot Springs, Sonoma County. 

 This infestation is on yellowpoplars and appears to have been active for 

 several years. Delimiting survey will continue. (Cal. Coop. Rpt . ) . 



