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A CHRYSOMELID ( Timarcha intricata Hald,) 
Washington, W. W, Baker . (April 12)l Often present in sufficient numbers 
to cause concern. Reported on strawberry at Graham, Pierce County, 
but a visit. to the field did not. reveal large enough numbers to justify 
control measures. 
STRAWBERRY WEEVILS (Ourculionidae) 
Utah, G. E. Knowlton (April l6)j Larvae of the strawberry root weevil 
( Brachyrhinus ovatus L.) are damaging strawberry roots in -some patches 
in Weber County, 
Washington, W, W. Baker (April)s Adults of the weevil Lyslobus ursinus 
Horn were sent in on April 6, with the statement that they were fairly 
common in a strawberry field at Napavine, Lewis County, This species 
has not previously been found in strawberry fields in this -State, 
5* <iQCora-tu8 Lee, was -present on April 12 and 15 at Graham -in sufficient 
numbers to warrant control measures in a small planting of strawberries 
Just set out. Associated with this species were D, granioollis Lee,, 
Br-pchyrhinus ovatus L, , Nemocestes incomp tus Horn, Plinthodes taeniatus 
Lee,, Pan sc opus .co status Buch, , and Geodercodes latipennis Csy. 
STRAWBERRY CROWN BORER ( Tyloderma fragariae Riley) 
Mississippi, M, L, Grimes (April 23)? Light injury reported in the Meridian 
area, 
STRAWBERRY CROWN MINER ( Aristotelia fragariae Busek) 
Minnesota, A.G. Buggies (April 19): Larvae taken at Deerwood, working in the 
crowns of strawberry plants in storage, 
A SPITTLE BUG ( Philaenus leucophthalmus L. ) 
Oregon, R, G. Rosenstiel (April l6): Present on strawberries and other 
plants in the Willamette Valley, Control measures recommended. Abundance 
normal. , . 
RED SPIDERS ( Tetranychus spp,) 
Virginia, H. G, Walker and L. D. Anderson (April 26): Very abundant in some 
strawberry fields in the Norfolk area,' on the Eastern Shore, and in the 
area around Newport News* Hampton, and Poquoson, Very scarce or 
entirely absent in other fields. ('Specimens collected at Norfolk 
identified by E. A, McGregor as a new species,) ’ 
Texas, M. J, Janes (April 22); jP. telarius L, observed from March 7 to 21 
in Galveston County on strawberries. Control measures necessary. 
