REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST I906 



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Contents 



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Introduction 5 



Gipsy moth, Porthetria 



d i s p a r Linn 7 



Destructiveness. 7 



Danger of spreading into New- 

 York ! 8 



Description 9 



History in America 10 



Life history ii 



Food plants 12 



Natural enemies 12 



Recommendations 12 



Bibliography 14 



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Brown tail moth, Euproctis 



chrysorrhoea Linn 14 



Destructiveness 14 



Distribution. 15 



Description 16 



Life history 17 



Food plants 18 



Irritation caused by the hairs. 18 



Natural enemies 18 



Remedial measures 19 



Bibliography 20 



Explanation of plates 21 



Index 41 



The Moth Situation. Country Gentleman, July 19, 1906, 71 :68i^^ 



Summary account of the work against the gipsy moth, Porthetria 

 d i s p a r Linn, and the brown tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea 

 Linn, in the vicinity of Boston, Mass. 



Grape Root Worm. Grape Belt (Dunkirk, N. Y.) July 24, 1906, 

 p.5 ; Jamestown Journal, July 25 



Summary of present conditions. Serious injury is anticipated in some of 

 the vineyards most infested byFidia viticida Walsh and good cul- 

 ture is urged. 



New York Entomologic Service. Country Gentleman, July 26, 1906, 



71:694*^; New York Farmer, July 26, p.4 



Summary of reports. 

 Ants in Lawn. Suburban Life, Aug. 1906, 3 190^^ 



Carbon bisulfid treatment recommended. 



Currant Aphids. Suburban Life, Aug. 1906, 3 190^* 



Spraying with contact insecticides advised for currant aphids, M y z u s 

 c e r a s i Fabr. 



Albany's Trees. Albany Evening Journal, July 26, 1906, p. 12 



Summarized account of the local injuries by the elm leaf beetle, G a 1 e r u - 

 cella luteola Miill. and the white marked tussock moth, H e m e r o - 

 cam pa leucostigma Abb. & Sm. with discussion of control methods. 

 The employment of a forester is advocated. 



Save the Trees. Mechanicville Mercury, July 28, 1906 



A brief notice calling attention to the work of the elm leaf beetle, 

 Galerucella luteola Miill. and urging concerted action for its 

 suppression. 



Cornstalk Borers. Country Gentleman, Aug. 2, 1906, 71 :7I4^^ 



Crambids, C r a m b u s sp. ; stalk borer, Papaipema nitela Guen. 

 and billbugs, Sphenosphorus sp. are briefly discussed as possible 

 authors of the mischief. 



