REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1902 1-47 



mice girdling most of the wild cherries the previous winter. The 

 young caterpillars, therefore, had nothing to feed on and died. 

 May beetles [Lachnosterna species] are very numerous 

 in the soil. June 2. Potato beetles are very abundant on early 

 potatoes. But little damage has as yet been reported from the 

 Hessian fly. There does not appear to be one appletree tent cater- 

 pillar this year where there were a hundred last year. The 

 weather has been very cool and dry. The bud moth [Tmetocera 

 o eel Ian a Schiff.] has been very abundant and is apparently 

 becoming more numerous each year. It is one of our worst fruit 

 pests. June 10. Striped cucumber beetles [Diabrotica 

 vittata Fabr.] were first observed June 14. There are yet no 

 reports of injuries by the Hessian fly, and not a tree has been seen 

 that was troubled by the forest tent caterpillar [Clisiocampa 

 d i s s t r i a Hiibn.] , even where the pest was abundant last year. 

 June 16. The black squash bug, or stink bug [Anasa tristis 

 DeGeer], appeared June 21. They are few as compared with 

 the striped cucumber beetle. The very wet, cold weather appears 

 to have delayed the appearance of many insect pests, including 

 the Hessian fly. Even the white wheat, no. 6, that was so badly 

 injured last year, is comparatively free from damage the present 

 season. June 25. The first nests of the fall webworm 

 [Hyphantria textor Harris] were observed July 22, and 

 the spotted grapevine beetle [Pelidnota punctata Linn.] 

 and the squash vine borer [Melittia satyriniformis 

 Hiibn.] had also appeared by that time. The striped cu- 

 cumber beetle and the squash bug are much less abundant 

 than last year. The green cabbage worms [Pieris rapae 

 Linn.] are becoming quite numerous. Mosquitos were very scarce 

 in this vicinity till last week. The Colorado potato beetle 

 [Doryphora 10-1 i n e a t a Say] has been as bad, if not worse, 

 than ever before in some sections. Many growers have been 

 obliged to resort to power sprayers in order to control the pest. 

 July 28. The fall webworm is by far the most abundant I have 

 ever seen it. A hairy caterpillar [Data n a integerrima 

 Gr. & Kob.] has defoliated some of the butternut and black walnut 

 trees in this section. The squash bug is much less abundant than 

 it has been for a number of years. Sep. 1. 



