﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  I02I 
  

  

  beetle 
  [Epitrix 
  cucumeris] 
  has 
  worked 
  on 
  beans 
  and 
  potatoes 
  to 
  

   some 
  extent. 
  Aug. 
  6. 
  

  

  Schuyler 
  county 
  (H. 
  W. 
  Smith, 
  North 
  Hector) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  has 
  appeared 
  on 
  wild 
  cherry- 
  

   trees. 
  The 
  appletrees 
  are 
  quite 
  generally 
  infested 
  with 
  [the 
  apple 
  aphis, 
  

   Aphis 
  mali], 
  the 
  insect 
  being 
  very 
  numerous 
  on 
  the 
  buds. 
  Ap. 
  26. 
  

   The 
  apple 
  aphis 
  is 
  still 
  present 
  on 
  unsprayed 
  trees 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  several 
  instances 
  

   a 
  small 
  brown 
  worm 
  was 
  found 
  eating 
  into 
  the 
  buds. 
  [It 
  is 
  the 
  bud 
  moth 
  

   larva, 
  Tmetocera 
  ocellana.] 
  Tent-cater 
  pillars 
  are 
  hatching 
  on 
  

   appletrees 
  and 
  peachtrees 
  in 
  great 
  abundance. 
  May 
  4. 
  The 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  have 
  been 
  killed 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  cold, 
  but 
  those 
  on 
  trees 
  in 
  

   sheltered 
  places 
  are 
  as 
  lively 
  as 
  ever. 
  May 
  12. 
  The 
  common 
  asparagus 
  

   beetle 
  [Crioceris 
  asparagi] 
  was 
  found 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  spring. 
  

   Tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  begun 
  feeding 
  again 
  with 
  the 
  return 
  of 
  warm 
  

   weather. 
  May 
  1 
  7. 
  Currant 
  worms 
  [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  are 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  on 
  unsprayed 
  currant 
  bushes. 
  May 
  24. 
  

  

  Seneca 
  county 
  (J. 
  F. 
  Hunt, 
  Kendaia) 
  — 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisio- 
  

   campa 
  americana] 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  about 
  Ap. 
  22-25, 
  ^^^ 
  

   now 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  abundant. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  

   d 
  i 
  s 
  s 
  tri 
  a] 
  hatched 
  from 
  Ap. 
  28 
  to 
  30, 
  and 
  they 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  nearly 
  as 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  species. 
  Last 
  spring 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  that 
  I 
  saw 
  

   the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  I 
  found 
  today 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  

   eaten 
  holes 
  through 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  peach 
  buds 
  to 
  get 
  at 
  the 
  flower 
  within. 
  

   May 
  3. 
  The 
  hard 
  freeze 
  of 
  May 
  6 
  and 
  7 
  did 
  httle 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  cater- 
  

   pillars, 
  it 
  only 
  checked 
  their 
  feeding. 
  There 
  are 
  plenty 
  of 
  curculios 
  

   [Conotrachelus 
  nenuphar] 
  waiting 
  on 
  the 
  plum 
  and 
  apricot 
  

   trees 
  for 
  the 
  fruit. 
  May 
  15. 
  Both 
  species 
  of 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  abun- 
  

   dant, 
  though 
  there 
  are 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  appletree 
  species 
  within 
  their 
  tents. 
  The 
  

   curcuHos 
  are 
  more 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  plums 
  and 
  apricots 
  than 
  for 
  many 
  

   years. 
  I 
  have 
  taken 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  50 
  in 
  jarring 
  one 
  tree, 
  and 
  obtain 
  an 
  

   average 
  of 
  40 
  from 
  large 
  trees. 
  There 
  are 
  very 
  few 
  plums 
  stung 
  yet. 
  

   Our 
  greatest 
  trouble 
  is 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar, 
  which 
  is 
  numerous 
  on 
  

   almost 
  every 
  tree. 
  May 
  29. 
  Curculios 
  are 
  so 
  abundant 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  impossible 
  to 
  save 
  our 
  plums, 
  were 
  there 
  only 
  an 
  average 
  setting 
  of 
  

   fruit; 
  as 
  it 
  is, 
  after 
  three 
  fourths 
  have 
  been 
  stung, 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  plenty 
  

   left. 
  We 
  have 
  caught 
  over 
  5000 
  from 
  less 
  than 
  200 
  trees, 
  and 
  we 
  never 
  

   bad 
  anything 
  like 
  it 
  before. 
  Reports 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  county 
  confirm 
  

   the 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  places 
  

   where 
  but 
  few 
  were 
  seen 
  last 
  year. 
  June 
  6. 
  The 
  cherry 
  aphis 
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  y 
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