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COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grand is Boh.) 
South’ Carolina. F. F. Bondy and C. F. Rainwater (May 27): Very active, 
as the week has "been warm in Florence County. A total of 175 weevils 
removed from cages during the week, as compared to 21 in 1938. 
Examinations in the field show generally more weevils in the field 
for the week than in 1938, as follows; 1 to 43 plants in 1939 » a ^d 
1 to 128 in 1938. Emergence from cages in May totaled 635 this 
year, as compared to 2l6 in 1938. Trap-crop and screen— trap catches 
less than in 1938* 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmer and P. A. Click (May 20): Practically all fields 
in Dooly, Tift, Cook, Lowndes, Berrien, and Echols Counties show 
infestation; those planted in the vicinity of old fields quite 
heavily infested in spots. Fields remote from hibernating quarters 
or from old cotton have light infestations, averaging from 1 to 
3 weevils per 1,000 plants. Average is about 1 to 2 weevils per 
500 plants in large fields and from 4' to 6 per 500 in small fields. 
Florida. C. S. Rude and L. C. Fife (May 27): Found in several fields 
in Lake County. Heaviest population noted to date was 17 weevils 
per 100 plants in a field that was in cotton last season. None 
found in Lake County in 1938 until about August 1. Many farmers 
using control measures. Light populations found in each of the 
fields where experimental plots are located. In treated and un- 
treated fields examined in Alachua County infestation ranged 
from 0.5 to 78 percent; in Union County from 0 to 10 percent; in 
Marion County from 2.6 to 27.8 percent; in Gilchrist County from 
0.2 to 12.2 percent; and none found in Putnam County. For the 
same period last year infestation in these counties ranged from 0 
to 14 percent, but cotton was not so far advanced as this season. 
Stub cotton in some old fields is heavily infested. 
Mississippi. E. W. Dunnam, et al. (May 27): In Washington County 9 
weevils found on 150 cotton plants next to woods. Plants in the 
6 — leaf stage. This area yields weevils earlier, as cotto* la 
usually soodod earlier than in other .fields examined.. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines and assistants (May 27): Weevils removed from 
hibernation cages in Madison Parish through the wee k ended May 26 
totaled as follows: 311 , or 0.8 9 percent, in 1939 ; and 310 , or 
0.89 percent, in 1938. Total taken on field flight screens for 
the week was 7, as compared with 5 in 193 8 and 3 in 1937 . Popula- 
tion in fields in Madison Parish has averaged almost the same as in 
1938, 194 being found on 4l,000 plants inspected, or 1 per 211 plants. 
Texas. ^ F. L. Thomas (May 24): Weevils continue to emerge from hiberna- 
tion quarters and now exceed average survival; already occurring 
in noticeable numbers near hibernating quarters. 
