than that of an average year, insects became disseminated throughout 
the orchards on April 1 when three-fourths of the petals had fallen. 
No egg formation' present in the bodies of females caught in orchards 
up to March 29* Mating was observed on March 29 • Fully formed eggs 
were found in the bodies of a few females on April 1, Ihe first egg in 
a little peach was found on April 6, which is 10 days later than the 
first egg last year. Eggs began to hatch on April 17i 15 days later 
than the date of hatching of the first eggs last year. • The insect is 
getting a late start in comparison with the development of the fruit; 
therefore it is likely that all varieties of peaches in Georgia, 
with the possible exceptionof. the Georgia Belle and Elberta, will 
escape an attack by second-brood curculio, 
J. E. Webb, Jr* (April 2); Emergence of adults recorded for 
first time today at Cornelia, (April 23) S Emergence of plum curculio 
apparently reached its peak at Cornelia about April 15* Unusually 
heavy emergence reported, - • — 
T. L.Bisse 11 (April 5)j First pairing observed among 8 
curculios from l4 trees at Experiment, central Georgia, 
Alabama, J, M, Robinson (April 17): Adults observed at Auburn on April 10 
Louisiana,. C, 0, Eddy (April 25): Reported as normally abundant on 
plums and peaches, . 
DOGWOOD BORER ( Oberea ’ tripunctata Swe.d, ) 
Texas, F, L. Thomas (April” 22): Observed in Houston County on April 5 
on peach, 
ORIENTAL FRUIT MOTH ( Grapholitha molesta Busck) 
Delaware, L, A. Stearns (April l6); Thirty-nine percent of overwintered 
larvae have transformed, as compared with 81 percent on April 10 
and $8 percent on April 24, 1939» Approximately 25 percent mortality 
of caged material outside, as compared with 10 percent in 1939» 
Georgia, J. E. Webb, Jr, (April I9); First adult taken from bait traps 
in peach orchard on April I7 and from bait traps in apple orchard 
on April I5 at Cornelia, 
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Mississippi. C, Lyle (April 23): Injured peach twigs were received 
from the southern part of Forrest County on April, 22, - 
Missouri. L. Haseman (April 24); Winter mortality high. Pupation 
advanced, with some emergence occurring where outdoor specimens 
were recently brought into the laboratory. 
C. ‘Wingo, (April 23):' Moths have been taken .in bait traps 
in southeastern Missouri, 
