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TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
VEGETABLE ''WEEVIL ( Listroderes obliquus Klug) 
Florida. J. R. Watson (March 21): Specimen sent in from Jacksonville. 
This is the first time this weevil has been found as far east as 
Duval County, Monticello, in Jefferson County, being the farthest 
.east of our previous records. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (March 22): Larvae received from Jones County on 
March 10. Turnips being seriously damaged. 
Louisiana. C. 0, Eddy (March 26): Larvae reported in a number of gardens. 
CUCUMBER BEETLES ( Diabrotica spp.) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (March 20): Since March 10, a few adults of 
D. duodecimpunctata F. have been noted on the wing and on various 
vegetables and weeds at Blackville. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (March 25): One adult of D. duodecimpunctata 
found on alfalfa on March 19 at Experiment, central Georgia. 
0. I. Snapp (March 18): Southern corn rootworm adults have 
begun to appear from hibernation at Fort Valley, central Georgia, 
a number having been jarred from peach trees today. These insects 
feed on the flowers and tender leaves of peach trees oarly in the 
spring. 
Louisiana. C. 0, Eddy (March 26): Only one specimen of D. balteata Lee. 
taken after extensive search. This insect was extremely abundant 
last year. 
ASP ABACUS BEETLE ( Crioceris asparagi L.) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (March): Active in hibernation cages at 
Dlackville since February 25* 
THRIPS ( Th ys afc> p t er a ) 
Maryland. F. F. Smith (February 10): Throe species, Thrips tabaci Lind. , 
Horcinothrips femoralis Rcut. , and Thrips nigropilosus Uzel, have 
been abundant and very injurious to lettuce at Beltsville. The last- 
named species has also been found on chrysanthemum. (Det. by F. Andre.) 
South Carolina. J. G. Watts (March 21): Frankliniella tritici Fitch, 
F. fusca Hinds, and T. tabaci , which are usually active and occasionally 
abundant on different plants at Blackville at this time of year, are 
extremely scarce at present. 
