﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I908 
  7 
  

  

  villages 
  have 
  given 
  careful 
  consideration 
  to 
  shade 
  tree 
  protection 
  

   and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  prospect 
  that 
  more 
  will 
  be 
  accomplished 
  another 
  

   year. 
  The 
  work 
  against 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth, 
  noticed 
  below, 
  has 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  a 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  spraying 
  outfit. 
  We 
  believe 
  that 
  

   certain 
  of 
  this 
  apparatus, 
  modified 
  to 
  suit 
  our 
  conditions, 
  could 
  

   be 
  adopted 
  to 
  advantage 
  and 
  would 
  prove 
  of 
  much 
  benefit, 
  since 
  

   it 
  would, 
  by 
  making 
  the 
  spraying 
  easier 
  and 
  quicker, 
  afford 
  great 
  

   encouragement 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  largely 
  increased 
  efficiency. 
  Our 
  

   work 
  upon 
  shade 
  tree 
  insects, 
  consisting 
  mostly 
  of 
  local 
  examina- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  recommendation, 
  has 
  consumed 
  much 
  time 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  

   productive 
  of 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  Gipsy 
  and 
  brown 
  tail 
  moths. 
  These 
  two 
  insects 
  have 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  their 
  injurious 
  work 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  the 
  first 
  named 
  being 
  

   by 
  far 
  the 
  more 
  destructive. 
  The 
  gipsy 
  moth 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  

   small 
  numbers 
  at 
  both 
  Springfield 
  and 
  Greenfield, 
  Mass., 
  as 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  in 
  our 
  previous 
  report. 
  Points 
  where 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  likely 
  

   to 
  become 
  established 
  have 
  been 
  closely 
  watched 
  and 
  as 
  yet 
  It 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  State. 
  A 
  warning 
  placard, 
  illustrating 
  

   this 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  brown 
  tail 
  moth, 
  has 
  been 
  conspicuously 
  posted 
  

   in 
  many 
  post 
  offices 
  and 
  other 
  public 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  Prompt 
  

   and 
  efficient 
  treatment 
  of 
  isolated 
  colonies, 
  should 
  they 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  this 
  State, 
  is 
  of 
  utmost 
  importance 
  if 
  extended 
  injury 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   avoided. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  against 
  the 
  gipsy 
  moth, 
  as 
  revealed 
  by 
  a 
  personal 
  

   examination 
  the 
  past 
  summer, 
  is 
  being 
  prosecuted 
  with 
  great 
  vigor. 
  

   The 
  residential 
  sections 
  are 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  though 
  large 
  

   woodland 
  areas 
  have 
  been 
  seriously 
  damaged. 
  The 
  work 
  with 
  

   parasites, 
  conducted 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  in 
  cooperation 
  

   with 
  the 
  federal 
  government, 
  is 
  most 
  encouraging. 
  The 
  staff 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  materially 
  strengthened 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year, 
  and 
  its 
  efficiency 
  greatly 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  dispatch 
  of 
  a 
  

   special 
  agent 
  to 
  Japan. 
  The 
  latter 
  secured 
  some 
  most 
  promising 
  

   parasites 
  which 
  already 
  have 
  been 
  bred 
  through 
  one 
  generation 
  

   in 
  this 
  country, 
  and 
  lead 
  us 
  to 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  soon 
  become 
  

   important 
  factors 
  in 
  controlling 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  control 
  of 
  these 
  

   introduced 
  pests 
  should 
  be 
  encouraged 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  manner, 
  

   since 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  economical 
  to 
  check 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  restricted 
  

   area 
  than 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  struggle 
  to 
  extend 
  over 
  a 
  wide 
  territory. 
  

  

  Forest 
  insects. 
  The 
  extensive 
  outbreaks 
  by 
  the 
  green 
  striped 
  

   maple 
  worm, 
  recorded 
  in 
  our 
  previous 
  report, 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  

   in 
  southern 
  Rensselaer 
  county, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  

  

  