﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  IOO5 
  

  

  very 
  numerous 
  since 
  the 
  late 
  rains. 
  May 
  26. 
  Currant 
  aphids 
  [M 
  y 
  z 
  u 
  s 
  

   r 
  i 
  b 
  i 
  sj 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  and 
  are 
  doing 
  more 
  damage 
  than 
  

   the 
  currant 
  worm. 
  Roses 
  are 
  affected 
  with 
  aphids. 
  Cherrytrees 
  and 
  

   appletrees 
  are 
  freer 
  from 
  these 
  pests 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  for 
  

   years. 
  Green 
  fruit 
  worms 
  [Xylina 
  species] 
  are 
  doing 
  considerable 
  

   damage 
  to 
  apples 
  and 
  plums. 
  The 
  curculios 
  [Conotrachelus 
  

   nenuphar] 
  are 
  attacking 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  some 
  extent. 
  May 
  31. 
  There 
  

   has 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  crop 
  of 
  striped 
  cucumber 
  beetles 
  [Diabrotica* 
  

   vittata], 
  squash, 
  cucumber 
  and 
  melon 
  vines 
  requiring 
  constant 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  young 
  plants. 
  I 
  had 
  one 
  patch 
  of 
  Hubbard 
  squash 
  free 
  

   one 
  day 
  and 
  completely 
  ruined 
  the 
  next. 
  The 
  curculios 
  have 
  been 
  very 
  

   bad 
  on 
  plums. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  spun 
  their 
  cocoons, 
  but 
  

   the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  is 
  still 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  mapletrees 
  

   and 
  appletrees. 
  June 
  19. 
  The 
  dry 
  weather 
  has 
  caused 
  a 
  great 
  increase 
  

   in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  potato 
  bugs 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  and 
  they 
  

   are' 
  now 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  past. 
  Elm 
  leaf 
  beetles 
  

   [Galerucella 
  luteola], 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  destructive 
  here 
  four 
  years 
  

   ago, 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  decrease, 
  and 
  so 
  far 
  this 
  season 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   very 
  scarce. 
  June 
  21. 
  The 
  fall 
  web 
  worm 
  [Hyphantria 
  cunea]has 
  

   appeared 
  unusually 
  early 
  and 
  in 
  quite 
  large 
  numbers. 
  It 
  looks 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  

   might 
  prove 
  a 
  serious 
  pest. 
  Squash 
  vine-borers 
  [M 
  e 
  1 
  i 
  1 
  1 
  ia 
  satyrini- 
  

   f 
  or 
  mis] 
  are. 
  doing 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage. 
  June 
  28. 
  Four 
  years 
  »igo 
  

   the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  completely 
  defoliated 
  our 
  elms, 
  in 
  1898 
  they 
  were 
  less 
  

   abundant, 
  less 
  so 
  in 
  1899, 
  and 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  injury 
  this 
  season- 
  

   July 
  20. 
  

  

  (F. 
  A. 
  Taber, 
  Poughkeepsie) 
  — 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  

   americana] 
  are 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  are 
  just 
  hatching 
  out. 
  Egg 
  

   clusters 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

   The 
  grapevine 
  flea 
  beetle 
  [Haltica 
  chalybea] 
  has 
  not 
  appeared 
  

   this 
  season, 
  and 
  the 
  buds 
  are 
  now 
  too 
  far 
  advanced 
  to 
  suffer 
  much 
  injury. 
  

   May 
  4. 
  The 
  cold 
  and 
  rain 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  effect 
  on 
  the 
  tent-caterpil- 
  

   lars. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  as 
  lively 
  as 
  ever, 
  and 
  were 
  at 
  work 
  this 
  morning, 
  

   though 
  the 
  thermometer 
  stood 
  at 
  34°. 
  May 
  11. 
  Potatobeetles 
  [D 
  ory 
  p 
  h 
  - 
  

   or 
  a 
  lo-lin 
  e 
  ata] 
  are 
  unusually 
  thick 
  and 
  destructive. 
  Currant 
  worms 
  

   [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  plenty 
  as 
  usual. 
  June 
  27. 
  The 
  ciiy 
  

   of 
  Poughkeepsie 
  has 
  been 
  severely 
  scourged 
  by 
  the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  beetle 
  for 
  

   the 
  past 
  few 
  years, 
  but 
  this 
  season 
  there 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  pests. 
  

   July 
  27. 
  

  

  Erie 
  county 
  (M. 
  F. 
  Adams, 
  Buffalo) 
  — 
  [The 
  fall 
  army 
  worm, 
  

   Laphygma 
  frugiperda] 
  is 
  very 
  destructive 
  to 
  lawns 
  in 
  certain 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  