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■ APPLE 
COIJLINCr MOTH ( Garpocapsa pomonella L. ) 
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New York, L, W, Hamilton (June 24): Adults began appearing in bait traps 
at Poughkeepsie, eastern New York, on May 26, but only a fe\j taken before 
Jiine 1, Total captures in 10 bait traps located in the same trees for 
the last 5 years are the heaviest on record, amounting to 2,210 moths. 
Peak captures occurred from June 3 to l4, Pirst larval entrances in 
fruit found on June 11, Owing to ideal weather conditions ^d the heavy 
adxxlt population# entrances have been unusually numerous in poorly treated 
orchalrds during the last 2 weeks, 420 entrances having been removed from 
one untreated tree near Poughkeepsie# 
N. Y, State Coll, Agr, News Letter (June 10)s In western New York 
first adults emerged from the cage at Lewiston, Niagara County, and at 
Sodus, Wayne County, on June 5* (June 24): Hapid emergence, and many 
eggs laid up to June 20 at Geneva# Cage records for western New York 
indicated that more than 50 percent of the moths had emerged in the earliei 
“■ zones and approximately 20 percent in the Lake zone. Eggs laid very 
rapidly in Niagara Co\inty prior to the cold wave, and many entrances made, 
Pirst entrances in Mcoiroe County observed on June 17# In Wayne County 
moths stopped flight for 3 days, owing to cool weather# 
Delaware, L, A, Stearns (June I9): Emergence of spring brood ended on' about 
June Igj peak of flight on night of May 20; few entries by June I3, and 
most of these recent; infestation by .first brood observed to be the 
lightest in 10 years, 
Virginia, A. M. Woodside (June 24): Larvae began entering apples in Augusta 
County on about May 31* Emergence of adults in the insectary complete 
by June 17. Moths still being captured in bait traps# Entries of larvae 
into fruit apparently reached a peak on about June 15* (June 25) ! Eirst- 
brood larvae beginning to leave apples in the vicinity of Staunton, 
W, S. Hough (June 15); Hatching began about. June 2 in the vicinity 
of Winchester, and entries have increased rapidly to date. Moth emergence 
and oviposition began considerably later than usual# 
Ohio, T, H. Parks' (June 20): Bait-pan catches started in earnest on June 1 
and have been regular and high most of the time since then in the vicinity 
of Columbus, First larval entrances at Columbus noticed on June 10, 
■ There is a close parallel development of the insect in the central and 
northern counties. Indications are that numbers .are above no.rmal# 
Indiana, L, F. Steiner (June 6): Bait-trap catches in 284 traps during the 
last week in' the Vincennes area totaled approximately , 3 * 979 * Larvae 
entering fruit this week in relatively large number^# (June. 12): 
Emergence continued to fall off during the last week, and the numbers 
caught in ‘traps were approximately two-thirds less than during the 
preceding week. Hatching has continued rapidly since June 3* with no 
