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FRUIT INSECTS 
;. i ' ■/ eastern TENT CATERP I IiLAR ( ivlalacosoma ainerlcangt F. ) 
General. E. P-. Felt .(May 23): Jecaming somewhat abundarj,t ^in southwestern 
...New Englafid. .Small groups of . wild, cherry defoliated, .-r 
Main'e.;- F.* H. Lathrop_ (May 6) : ‘ Eggs were ohsenyed' hatching *ln Monmputh, 
■■ ■ Kehnehec County,; on May 2 on apple and;wild chefry, ‘A feC clusters 
in warm', sheltered places' 'hhd hatched' a few" days’ "before i At Orpno, 
Penobscot County, hatching was observed- today. ' Apparently more 
abundant than usual. 
Vermont. H. L. Bailey (May 23): Moderately abundant about tho State, but 
generally loss plentiful .-iihl^-Jast' year* - ■ Hatching later than normal. 
First tents noticed on May 6 in Washington County, central Vermont, 
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Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne:; (May 24): Found hatching approximately on 
tho first few days of May, later than usual. • 
Rhode Island. A. E. Stone (May 29): Less, nmerous on the whole than in ;• 
past^ years, but abnndani^ ,ln. a. few places., - ... - 
New York. R, E, Horsey (May) : Present on May 13 on ornamental Japanese 
quince at Rochester. Fairly niamei*ou's on cherry and crab apple in 
ornamental plantings. 
E. P. Felt (May 23): Somewhat abundant in southeastern Now York. 
. ..Small groups of wild; cherry have been defoliated, i . I. ^ C 
N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May): In oastorn New' York 
nests were numerous by May 13 .and becoming conspicuous, in western 
Suffolk Cpunty. Esp'Ocihlly, numerous in Rockland.. CoUnty. b^ May 20. ■ ' 
In Orange County by May 2? they were about 1-^ inches' long and more 
numerous- than in 1939? and' in Putchess County they arc more' eons- 
picuous than in recent years, particularly on hedgerow bushes. In 
western New York, in Niagara County,- nests found up to 2 -or* 3 ‘inches ' 
in diameter. Scarce in -Orleans County. Just starting ‘to show up in 
Monroe County. Hatching started on May 5 in Wayne County; now, common 
in many orchards, the nests on wild cherry being to 5' inches in 
diameter. 
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Now Jersey. E. Kostal (May J): Newly h-atched larvae noted on apple and 
; wild -chcrpy at Morganville-,- !yIonmouth .County, on -May Iv ^^vccks lat^ 
than usual. Relatively /scarce and damage moderatCi- ' 
M. D. Leonard (May 29): Many nests observed on hundreds of wild 
cherry trees in Bergen County. Considerable damage expected. 
Pennsylvania. G. B. Slcosman (I^y 24); Heavy infestation found on wild 
cherry and apple trees throughout eastern Pennsylvania, particularly 
in the Philadelphia area. 
