NOTE TO RADIO AND TV STATIONS 



Our automatic telephone answering service will provide the following insect situation 

 recordings, starting on Monday, April 26: 



Homeowner Insect Problems- -each week. 



Calling time- -9 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday. 



Dial (217) 333-2614. 



Southern Illinois Field Insect Situation --each week. 

 Calling time- -1:00 p.m. Thursday to 9:00 a.m. Friday. 

 Dial (217) 333-2614. 



Northern Illinois Field Insect Situation- -each week. 

 Calling time- -10: 00 a.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. Monday. 

 Dial (217) 333-2614. 



Each recording will be two minutes long. In case of questions or difficulty, call 

 Ron Scherer (217) 333-4783. 



HOW TO SEND IN SPECIMENS FOR IDENTIFICATION 



To facilitate rapid and positive identification of insect specimens that we receive, 

 please note the following suggestions: 



1. Send soft-bodied specimens in a crush-proof container, such as a plastic pill vial 

 containing rubbing alcohol. Do not use formaldehyde. Wrap the vial in cotton or 

 paper for sending through the mails. 



2. Place adult specimens in a plastic vial and wrap with cotton or paper. Alcohol 

 need not be used. 



3. Give the date, county and town, and information about where the insect was found. 

 For examples: beneath the kitchen sink, in a box of cereal, on a maple tree, on 

 soybeans . 



4. Do not attach specimens to the letter with scotch tape. Stamp -cancelling machines 

 in the post office usually reduce specimens to a small pile of pulverized pieces, 

 making identification difficult if not impossible. 



THANKS. 



READ THE LABEL AND FOLLOW ALL PRECAUTIONS 



This weekly report was prepared as follows : 



INSECTS: H.B. Petty, Steve Moore, Roscoe Randell, Don Kuhlman , and Tim Coo ley , College 

 of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urban a- Champaign , and the Illinois Natural 

 History Survey. 



WEEDS: Ellery Knake and Marshal McGlamery , Department of Agronomy. 



AG COMMUNICATIONS: Ray Woodis. 



The information for this report was gathered by these people, staff members, county 

 Extension advisers, and others, in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research 

 Service, Plant Pest Control Branch. 



