﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  lOOI 
  

  

  while 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  it 
  appeared 
  that 
  cold 
  and 
  wet 
  actually 
  did 
  kill 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars, 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  most 
  that 
  fatalities 
  were 
  

   comparatively 
  limited, 
  and 
  several 
  observers 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  

   recently 
  hatched 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  very 
  resistant 
  to 
  climatic 
  influences. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  records 
  may 
  appear 
  trivial, 
  but 
  a 
  life 
  history 
  is 
  nothing 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  many 
  small 
  facts. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  records 
  

   relating 
  to 
  the 
  appearance 
  and 
  relative 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  insects 
  

   will 
  increase 
  with 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  over 
  which 
  they 
  extend. 
  

   These 
  records 
  will 
  also 
  show 
  in 
  time 
  the 
  effects 
  on 
  insect 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  

   diiferent 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  Summaries 
  of 
  reports 
  from 
  voluntary 
  observers 
  

  

  The 
  names 
  inserted 
  in 
  brackets 
  indicate 
  determinations 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   ■entomologist. 
  The 
  others 
  are 
  presumably 
  correct 
  except 
  where 
  ques- 
  

   tioned. 
  The 
  dates 
  given 
  after 
  the 
  records 
  are 
  those 
  ot 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  

   the 
  reports, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  days 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  writing 
  

   of 
  the 
  report. 
  

  

  Albany 
  county 
  (E. 
  T. 
  Schoonmaker, 
  Cedarhill) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana]. 
  Egg 
  clusters 
  are 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  and 
  the 
  prospect 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  will 
  be 
  numerous. 
  Ap. 
  17. 
  

   They 
  have 
  already 
  formed 
  small 
  nests 
  or 
  webs. 
  May 
  i. 
  Fiery 
  ground 
  

   beetles 
  and 
  June 
  bugs 
  are 
  exceptionally 
  numerous 
  in 
  cultivated 
  fields. 
  

   Appletree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  work 
  is 
  beginning 
  to 
  be 
  apparent. 
  Elm 
  leaf 
  

   beetles 
  [Galerucella 
  luteola] 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  buildings, 
  but 
  

   they 
  have 
  not 
  attacked 
  the 
  young 
  foliage. 
  May 
  8. 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillars 
  were 
  very 
  active 
  on 
  Wednesday 
  and 
  had 
  suffered 
  no 
  notice- 
  

   able 
  injury 
  from 
  the 
  hard 
  freezes. 
  They 
  were 
  dormant 
  on 
  cold, 
  cloudy 
  

   days 
  and 
  on 
  warm 
  days 
  active. 
  There 
  were 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  injury 
  to 
  either 
  

   species 
  of 
  tent- 
  caterpillars, 
  though 
  the 
  thermometer 
  stood 
  at 
  27. 
  June 
  

   bugs 
  were 
  present 
  in 
  exceptionally 
  large 
  numbers 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  May 
  12. 
  

   May 
  15. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  disstria] 
  are 
  

   stripping 
  apple, 
  plum 
  and 
  maple 
  trees, 
  though 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  injurious 
  in 
  

   this 
  locality 
  till 
  the 
  present 
  season. 
  They 
  are 
  gathering 
  in 
  bunches 
  of 
  

   hundreds 
  on 
  the 
  limbs 
  or 
  spin 
  down 
  on 
  webs. 
  May 
  28. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  

   [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  

   Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  still 
  doing 
  some 
  injury. 
  Rhubarb 
  curculios 
  

   [Lixus 
  concavus] 
  are 
  injuring 
  rhubarb 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  limited 
  

   sections. 
  Junes. 
  Rose 
  beetles 
  [M 
  aero 
  d 
  a 
  ctylus 
  subspinosus] 
  

   have 
  appeared 
  and 
  potato 
  beetles 
  are 
  abundant. 
  Forest 
  tent 
  -caterpillars 
  

  

  