﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I9OO 
  IO23 
  

  

  moth 
  caterpillars 
  [Tmetocera 
  oceUana] 
  are 
  quite 
  abundant 
  on 
  

   appletrees. 
  May 
  4. 
  The 
  cool 
  weather 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  days 
  has 
  kept 
  the 
  

   insects 
  in 
  check. 
  May 
  1 
  2. 
  The 
  currant 
  worms 
  [Pteronus 
  ribesii] 
  

   are 
  increasing 
  in 
  numbers, 
  and 
  many 
  are 
  spraying 
  their 
  bushes 
  with 
  

   poison. 
  A 
  bud 
  moth 
  [probably 
  Anarsialineatella] 
  is 
  hurting 
  

   peaches 
  in 
  some 
  locaHties. 
  May 
  19. 
  The 
  currant 
  worm 
  has 
  been 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  places 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  fought 
  last 
  year. 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  

   have 
  about 
  all 
  spun 
  their 
  cocoons. 
  A 
  small 
  caterpillar 
  [probably 
  

   Anarsia 
  lineatella] 
  has 
  been 
  working 
  in 
  the 
  peach 
  blossoms, 
  and 
  

   it 
  has 
  also 
  cut 
  off 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  sets. 
  The 
  bud 
  drops 
  off 
  early 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  

   of 
  the 
  attack. 
  May 
  26. 
  A 
  few 
  aphids 
  occur 
  on 
  appletrees 
  and 
  cherry- 
  

   trees 
  and 
  currant 
  bushes. 
  Pear 
  psylla 
  [Psylla 
  pyricola] 
  is 
  present 
  

   in 
  small 
  numbers, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  controlled 
  in 
  a 
  neighboring 
  orchard 
  by 
  

   spraying 
  with 
  a 
  mechanical 
  kerosene 
  emulsion. 
  June 
  i. 
  The 
  aphis 
  is 
  

   quite 
  plentiful 
  on 
  cherrytrees, 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  on 
  appletrees 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  on 
  

   culrrant 
  bushes. 
  Second 
  brood 
  of 
  currant 
  worms 
  is 
  hardly 
  apparent. 
  

   June 
  15. 
  The 
  second 
  brood 
  of 
  currant 
  worms 
  was 
  numerous 
  where 
  the 
  

   bushes 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  sprayed. 
  June 
  30. 
  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  the 
  elm 
  leaf 
  

   beetle 
  [Galerucella 
  luteola] 
  denuded 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  trees, 
  but 
  this 
  

   season 
  the 
  attack 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  less 
  severe. 
  The 
  squash 
  bug 
  [A 
  n 
  a 
  s 
  a 
  

   t 
  r 
  i 
  s 
  t 
  i 
  s] 
  is 
  plenty 
  on 
  some 
  vines. 
  July 
  26. 
  

  

  Warren 
  county 
  (C. 
  L. 
  Williams, 
  Glens 
  Falls) 
  — 
  Two 
  small 
  beetles 
  

   [Silvan 
  us 
  suriname 
  nsis 
  and 
  Cathar 
  tus 
  ge 
  m 
  el 
  1 
  a 
  tus] 
  were 
  

   sent 
  with 
  the 
  statement 
  that 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  shirt 
  and 
  

   collar 
  factories 
  had 
  been 
  troubled 
  with 
  dirt 
  and 
  stains 
  in 
  the 
  collar 
  

   linings. 
  The 
  stain 
  was 
  like 
  iron 
  [and 
  from 
  examples 
  submitted 
  later 
  for 
  

   inspection, 
  it 
  was 
  seen 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  probably 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  crushed 
  

   particles 
  of 
  these 
  insects, 
  though 
  the 
  remains 
  were 
  so 
  fragmentary 
  as 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  any 
  attempt 
  at 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  probable 
  determination]. 
  Once 
  I 
  

   found 
  what 
  was 
  certainly 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  wing 
  cover 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   beetles, 
  and 
  the 
  insects 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  cloth. 
  Oct, 
  20. 
  An 
  offer 
  

   of 
  50c 
  a 
  hundred 
  for 
  egg 
  clusters 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  tent-caterpillar 
  [C 
  1 
  i 
  s 
  i 
  o- 
  

   campa 
  disstria] 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  on 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  2 
  100 
  egg 
  

   belts, 
  of 
  4700 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  and 
  4400 
  on 
  the 
  i8th. 
  There 
  were 
  quite 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  hatching 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  days, 
  but 
  the 
  egg 
  belts 
  had 
  

   probably 
  been 
  kept 
  in 
  a 
  warm 
  place 
  by 
  the 
  children. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  

   appletree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  eggs 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  are 
  

   brought 
  in 
  with 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  are 
  also 
  bought. 
  Ap. 
  20. 
  Saturday 
  

   3490 
  egg 
  belts 
  were 
  bought 
  and 
  today 
  500 
  more. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  

   are 
  hatching 
  out 
  rapidly, 
  the 
  appletree 
  species 
  being 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  

  

  