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egg masses survived the winter and dormant sprays. They are more 
uniformly distributed over the orchard than usual. 
PEACH 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst,) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (March 20) : Plum curculio adults began to appear on 
peach trees from hibernation at Fort Valley, in central Georgia, on 
March 16. There were scattered open Elberta and Riley (first blooming 
varieties) blooms when the first plum curculios were jarred from peach 
trees on March 16 and, although 75 percent of the Elberta blooms were 
open on March 19, the curculios had not appeared from hibernation in 
large numbers by that date. Mortality of field-reared and fed adults 
in hibernation last winter was rather high, with survival of 11.2 and 
75*3 percent, respectively. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata F.) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (March 19): In Fort Valley adults are appearing from 
hibernation, a number having been jarred from peach trees today. These 
insects feed on flowers and young leaves of peach trees early in the 
spring. 
PEACH BORER ( Conopia exitiosa Say) 
Mississippi. D. W. Grimes and J» Milton (March 25): Peach-tree borers mod- 
erately abundant in Humphreys County and the Jackson district in trees 
that were not treated last fall. 
Colorado.' F. A. Fenton' (March 25): Borers have been reported from Muskogee 
and Hominy. 
WALNUT SCALE ( Aspidiotus juglans-regiae Comst.) 
Texas. R. K. Fletcher (March 20): Heavily infesting peaches in Travis 
County, on March 2. 
PEAR 
PEAR THRIPS ( Taeniothrips inconsequens Uzel) 
Oregon. S. C. Jones (March 25): First thrips to emerge on March 6 in 
Marion County, near Salem. Peak of emergence has now been reached. In- 
dications are that there will be considerable damage in the Willamette 
Valley. 
RASPBERRY 
TREE CRICKETS ( Oecanthus spp.) 
Illinois. S. C. Chandler (March 24): In Pulaski County 90 percent of canes 
show one or more series of egg punctures. 
