﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  IQOO 
  IO25 
  

  

  on 
  apple, 
  plum, 
  peach, 
  cherry, 
  wild 
  cherry, 
  apricot, 
  pear, 
  elder, 
  dogwood 
  

   and 
  American 
  elm. 
  Some 
  are 
  about 
  two 
  weeks 
  old 
  and 
  ^ 
  inch 
  long 
  

   and 
  others 
  are 
  just 
  hatching. 
  May 
  11. 
  I 
  found 
  10 
  soldier 
  bugs 
  [P 
  o 
  d 
  i- 
  

   sus 
  spinosusj 
  around 
  one 
  nest 
  of 
  the 
  tent-caterpillar, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   was 
  feeding 
  on 
  a 
  caterpillar. 
  I 
  have 
  repeatedly 
  found 
  these 
  bugs 
  

   with 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  potato 
  beetle 
  on 
  the 
  extended 
  beak. 
  May 
  14. 
  I 
  

   am 
  now 
  convinced 
  that 
  the 
  recent 
  cold 
  did 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillar 
  little 
  harm, 
  for, 
  though 
  some 
  recently 
  discovered 
  cater- 
  

   pillars 
  were 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  J 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  had 
  almost 
  no 
  

   web 
  to 
  cover 
  them, 
  they 
  went 
  through 
  a 
  frost 
  that 
  froze 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  stiff 
  night 
  before 
  last 
  without 
  the 
  least 
  appearance 
  of 
  

   injury. 
  May 
  14. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillars 
  are 
  nearly 
  

   full-grown 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  active 
  than 
  ever. 
  The 
  damage 
  to 
  many 
  

   orchards 
  is 
  something 
  awful, 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  lately 
  been 
  working 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  

   variety 
  of 
  trees, 
  though 
  they 
  show 
  a 
  decided 
  preference 
  for 
  apple 
  and 
  

   cherry. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  list, 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  found 
  them 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  thorn 
  (Pauls 
  new 
  double), 
  beech 
  and 
  poplar. 
  May 
  28. 
  The 
  

   cankerworm 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  both 
  orchards 
  and 
  forests. 
  

   Many 
  orchards 
  are 
  as 
  brown 
  as 
  though 
  burned 
  by 
  fire. 
  Both 
  species 
  of 
  

   tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  done 
  great 
  damage. 
  June 
  5. 
  The 
  inclosed 
  beetle 
  

   [Systena 
  taeniataj 
  has 
  destroyed 
  nearly 
  20,000 
  apple 
  seedlings 
  

   within 
  a 
  week. 
  It 
  was 
  easily 
  controlled 
  by 
  spraying 
  with 
  paris 
  green. 
  

   The 
  seedlings 
  are 
  cultivated 
  every 
  week, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  between 
  two 
  culti- 
  

   vations 
  that 
  the 
  mischief 
  was 
  done. 
  June 
  27. 
  

  

  Westchester 
  county 
  (Mrs 
  E. 
  H. 
  Mairs, 
  Irvington) 
  — 
  The 
  cold 
  

   weather 
  delayed 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  appletree 
  tent-caterpillar 
  

   [Clisiocampa 
  americana], 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  destroy 
  many. 
  Potato 
  

   beetles 
  [Doryphora 
  lo-lineata] 
  are 
  unusually 
  numerous, 
  cut- 
  

   ting 
  young 
  plants 
  off 
  above 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  devouring 
  eggplants 
  as 
  soon 
  

   as 
  set 
  out. 
  May 
  25. 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  county 
  (W. 
  H. 
  Keeper, 
  Wyoming) 
  — 
  Apple 
  aphis 
  

   [Aphis 
  mali] 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  buds. 
  The 
  appletree 
  tent- 
  

   caterpillar 
  [Clisiocampa 
  americana] 
  made 
  its 
  first 
  appearance 
  

   today. 
  The 
  insect 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  very 
  abundant. 
  Ap. 
  27. 
  The 
  cold 
  

   weather 
  has 
  kept 
  the 
  tent-caterpillars 
  back, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  working 
  rather 
  

   slowly, 
  but 
  the 
  hard 
  frosts 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  killed 
  them. 
  May 
  12. 
  

   The 
  warm 
  weather 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  much 
  greater 
  depredations 
  by 
  the 
  

   appletree 
  tent-caterpillars, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  places 
  they 
  are 
  stripping 
  the 
  

   trees. 
  May 
  19. 
  Tent-caterpillars 
  have 
  done 
  very 
  much 
  damage 
  in 
  both 
  

  

  