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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  c 
  e 
  r 
  a 
  s 
  i] 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  this 
  season, 
  but 
  a 
  lady 
  bug 
  and 
  

   its 
  larva 
  and 
  other 
  beneficial 
  insects 
  soon 
  reduced 
  it 
  to 
  comparatively 
  

   harmless 
  numbers. 
  The 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  [Cecidomyia 
  destructor] 
  

   has 
  done 
  considerable 
  damage 
  to 
  some 
  pieces 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  

   The 
  currant 
  worm 
  [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  was 
  not 
  as 
  abundant 
  as 
  in 
  

   previous 
  years. 
  July 
  7. 
  

  

  Steuben 
  county 
  (E. 
  P. 
  St 
  John, 
  Prattsburg) 
  — 
  The 
  webs 
  of 
  the 
  

   appletree 
  tent-caterpillar, 
  Clisiocampa 
  americana, 
  are 
  very 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  wild 
  cherry. 
  The 
  first 
  web 
  was 
  noticed 
  May 
  2. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  one 
  tree 
  contains 
  a 
  dozen 
  webs. 
  May 
  7. 
  The 
  recent 
  cold 
  weather 
  

   has 
  apparently 
  not 
  harmed 
  the 
  tent-caterpillars. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  have 
  

   not 
  been 
  very 
  numerous 
  on 
  my 
  farm 
  since 
  I 
  sprayed 
  my 
  trees 
  last 
  year 
  

   just 
  after 
  they 
  blossomed, 
  with 
  paris 
  green 
  and 
  bordeaux 
  mixture 
  and 
  

   supplemented 
  that 
  by 
  burning 
  the 
  nests. 
  This 
  year 
  I 
  found 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   most 
  abundant 
  in 
  one 
  corner 
  of 
  my 
  orchard 
  near 
  some 
  wild 
  cherrytrees, 
  

   on 
  which 
  the 
  insects 
  evidently 
  bred. 
  May 
  15. 
  

  

  Tompkins 
  county 
  (C. 
  E. 
  Chapman, 
  Peruville) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent-cater- 
  

   pillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  began 
  hatching 
  Ap. 
  22; 
  only 
  

   about 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  hatched. 
  Green 
  aphids 
  [Aphis 
  mali] 
  

   are 
  abundant 
  on 
  appletrees. 
  May 
  i. 
  The 
  cold 
  weather 
  has 
  held 
  the 
  

   tent-caterpillars 
  in 
  check 
  but 
  otherwise 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  harmed 
  

   them. 
  May 
  15. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  are 
  

   numerous 
  on 
  early 
  planted 
  potatoes. 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  now 
  

   well 
  grown. 
  Plant 
  lice 
  are 
  thick 
  on 
  young 
  plumtrees 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  straw- 
  

   berry 
  plants. 
  June 
  5. 
  The 
  grubs 
  of 
  May 
  beetles 
  are 
  feeding 
  on 
  young 
  

   blackberry 
  shoots. 
  June 
  12. 
  Forest 
  tent-caterpillars 
  [Clisiocampa 
  

   d 
  i 
  s 
  s 
  t 
  r 
  i 
  a] 
  are 
  everywhere 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  to 
  cause 
  much 
  

   damage. 
  The 
  12-spotted 
  Diabrotica 
  [D 
  i 
  a 
  b 
  r 
  o 
  tic 
  a 
  12-punctata] 
  

   is 
  attacking 
  sugar 
  beets 
  in 
  small 
  numbers. 
  Potato 
  beetles 
  are 
  not 
  thick 
  

   and 
  no 
  eggs 
  have 
  hatched 
  yet. 
  June 
  26. 
  Striped 
  cucumber 
  beetles 
  

   [Diabrotica 
  vittata] 
  are 
  abundant, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  is 
  now 
  true 
  of 
  

   potato 
  beetles. 
  Some 
  forests 
  show 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpil- 
  

   lars, 
  and 
  some 
  bee-keepers 
  complain 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  bassvvood 
  blossoms, 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  the 
  caterpillars. 
  July 
  9. 
  Hessian 
  fly 
  

   [Cecidomyia 
  destructor] 
  is 
  bad 
  in 
  unharvested 
  fields 
  of 
  wheat, 
  

   July 
  26. 
  

  

  Ulster 
  county 
  (G. 
  S. 
  Clarke, 
  Milton) 
  — 
  Appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  they 
  

   were 
  last 
  year. 
  They 
  threaten 
  to 
  do 
  cor.siderable 
  damage. 
  The 
  bud 
  

  

  