INSECT PEST SUEYEY BULLETIN 
Yol. IS 
NovcmUor 1 , 193^ 
No. 9 
THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS EOR OCTOBER 
Damage "by grasshoppers is preact ically over for the season. They are dis- 
appearing rapidly, A sa'arn of Schistocercaanericana Drury was observed late in 
the month moving from north-central Missoiiri into northeastern Missouri. 
The fall armv’.vorm occurred in large numbers in Mississippi, Kansas, and 
Yirginia. 
Raise wireworms vrere doing some damage to fall-planted wheat in Nebraska 
and Oklahoma. 
The chinch bug was reported as being very abundant in. the southeastern part ^ 
of Iowa, and moderately abundant in Illinois and Indiajia. 
Late—season da.mage to corn by the corn ear worm was reported from Indiana to 
Minnesota southword to Texas and Arizona; also a.heav;^ infestation in sv/eet 
corn was reported from Washington Strate, Late tomatoes are genorally infested 
in some of the late-tomato-grnwing sections in the South and^also in' California. 
A single specimen of the European corn borer was found at Arlington, Ya. 
this being about SO miles from the nearest known infested area, 
. corn lantern fly was collected at Columbua, Ohio, during the month, this 
being the iirst record for the State, 
^ The vetch bruchid has been found to occur about 50 miles east of Portl.-md in 
scale seems to be generally more abundant than usual from the 
South Atlantic to the East Central States. 
Moderate to heavy 
westward to Minnesota 
rnd in Washington St at 
years . 
populations^ of the codling moth are reported from Maryland 
and Missouri, Heavy infestations are repjorted from Utah 
e the infestation is reported to be the heaviest in manv’ 
and 
The peach borer is 
Mississippi Yalley 
generally above normal in abundance in the South Atlantic 
States . 
oonneroinl .?mpe_grov;ln-- sec- 
tions of Ohio by the grape berry noth this season. P c, o in„ seo- 
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