﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  IOI9 
  

  

  in 
  one 
  garden. 
  [Raphidodemas 
  titea 
  Cram.] 
  was 
  also 
  taken 
  at 
  

   this 
  time. 
  Ap. 
  26. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  

   americana] 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  during 
  a 
  warm 
  spell 
  on 
  Ap. 
  28. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  cold 
  since, 
  the 
  mercury 
  dropping 
  to 
  15° 
  and 
  20° 
  above 
  

   zero, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  of 
  them 
  since 
  then. 
  May 
  10. 
  I 
  find 
  on 
  

   a 
  neighbor's 
  trees 
  many 
  tent-caterpillars 
  which 
  have 
  survived 
  the 
  recent 
  

   cold 
  and 
  rain. 
  The 
  town 
  is 
  full 
  of 
  birds, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  doing 
  good 
  work 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  disstria]. 
  

   May 
  18. 
  The 
  English 
  sparrow 
  has 
  been 
  eating 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpil- 
  

   lars, 
  and 
  last 
  summer 
  they 
  attacked 
  the 
  cocoons 
  and 
  fed 
  on 
  the 
  moths* 
  

   We 
  have 
  an 
  unusual 
  number 
  of 
  orioles, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  

   caterpillars. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  the 
  yellow 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  warblers, 
  the 
  

   yellow-billed 
  cuckoo, 
  the 
  robin, 
  the 
  cedar 
  waxwing 
  and, 
  I 
  believe, 
  the 
  

   house 
  wren 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  caterpillars. 
  The 
  maples 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  

   have 
  been 
  filled 
  with 
  warblers, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  busy 
  with 
  the 
  

   trunks 
  and 
  branches, 
  and 
  yesterday 
  I 
  noted 
  five 
  varieties. 
  May 
  26. 
  We 
  

   have 
  practically 
  no 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  in 
  town. 
  They 
  hatched 
  in 
  

   large 
  numbers, 
  but 
  the 
  cold 
  evidently 
  killed 
  many, 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  appear 
  

   to 
  have 
  cared 
  for 
  the 
  remainder. 
  They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  The 
  appletree 
  bark 
  louse 
  [My 
  til 
  asp 
  is 
  

   p 
  o 
  m 
  o 
  r 
  u 
  m] 
  is 
  abundant 
  on 
  appletrees, 
  vines 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  June 
  i. 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  but 
  one 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  since 
  sending 
  my 
  last 
  report. 
  

   The 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  June 
  9. 
  

   Two 
  fine 
  maples 
  are 
  badly 
  infested 
  with 
  borers 
  [since 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  

   Prionoxystus 
  robiniae]. 
  June 
  16. 
  I 
  send 
  you 
  two 
  pupal 
  cases 
  

   [Prionoxystus 
  robiniae] 
  which 
  were 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  trunk 
  

   of 
  the 
  tree. 
  Much 
  of 
  the 
  bark 
  on 
  this 
  tree 
  is 
  loose, 
  and 
  the 
  trunk 
  is 
  full 
  

   of 
  burrows. 
  June 
  20. 
  Moths 
  of 
  [Prion 
  xy 
  s 
  tu 
  s 
  r 
  o 
  b 
  i 
  ni 
  ae] 
  were 
  

   taken 
  on 
  the 
  infested 
  maple 
  today, 
  the 
  2d. 
  Pupal 
  cases 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  are 
  

   very 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  trees 
  at 
  the 
  state 
  hospital. 
  Grasshoppers 
  are 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  in 
  myriads, 
  more 
  than 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  before. 
  The 
  spiny 
  elm 
  

   caterpillar 
  [Euvanessa 
  antiopa] 
  has 
  done 
  much 
  damage 
  to 
  small 
  

   elms. 
  July 
  2. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  beautiful 
  maples 
  dying 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity, 
  probably 
  from 
  borer 
  attack, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  above. 
  The 
  gouty 
  

   gall 
  beetle, 
  Agrilus 
  ruficollis, 
  is 
  causing 
  considerable 
  trouble. 
  

   July 
  7. 
  

  

  Saratoga 
  county 
  (Rhoda 
  Thompson, 
  Ballston 
  Spa) 
  — 
  Neglected 
  

   appletrees 
  and 
  maples 
  show 
  signs 
  of 
  injury 
  from 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  

  

  