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and around 'bunch grasses. 
FALSE WIEEWORMS ( Eleodos spp.) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (October 24): Favored by dry-soil conditions 
which have prevailed over the greater part of the plains Wheat 
Belt. Although many losses in the area are attributed to dry 
weather, it is known that false wireworms are responsible for 
considerable damage to seed wheat. 
WHEAT MIDGE ( Thecodiplosis mo se liana Gehin) 
Washington. M. M. P.eeher (July): A survey from July 24 to 27 of 
the present area infested in western Washington showed only 
a minor extension of the are?:, infested in 1936. This was from 
Puyallup to Orting, about 10 miles in a previously infested 
valley in Fierce County. This is the known southern limit 
to date. None found on Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands, although 
the full length of the nearby mainland is known to be infested. 
CORN- 
CORE EAR WORM ( Heliothis armigera Hbn.) 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (October 26): Many larvae found in popcorn 
ears being harvested on October 4 at Guildhall, Essex County, 
northeastern Vermont. 
New York. L. A. Car ruth (October 25) : Slightly less abundant than 
usual on Long Island in 1979, although late in September serious 
injury to sweet corn ears was common. Relatively light infesta- 
tions observed late in September and early in October in Ulster, 
Columbia, Albany, and Yates Counties, eastern Few York. Much 
of the injury attributed to this pest actually caused by the 
fall armyworm (L. frugiperda ) which was unusually abundant. 
Minnesota. A. G. Buggies (October 20): Very abundant; last crop 
of sweet corn 100-percent infested. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (October 23): A heavy flight of moths appeared 
at Columbia from October 18-20, and some of the females were 
heavily loaded with what appeared to be mature eggs. Late corn 
still showed larval feeding in the ears at this time, although 
killing frosts have eliminated most vegetation on which larvae 
might attempt to feed. 
EUROPEAN CORF BORER ■ ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn.) 
Few York. L. A. Car ruth (October 25): Late infestations of the 
second summer generation lighter than in 1933 in eastern Few 
York. Decrease in abundance apparently owing principally to 
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