INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 20 
August 1, 1940 
No. 6 
THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS EOR JULY 
Grasshoppers were appearing in large numbers in the Panhandle of Texas and 
Oklahoma and in southwestern Kansas. General flight in a northwesterly direc- 
tion over Kansas and into southwestern Nebraska was reported. Heavy populations 
were also reported from northwestern Wyoming and north-central Utah, and minor 
flights were reported from north-central Montana. 
Mormon crickets were migrating in east-central North Dakota and south- 
central South Dakota. Populations were smaller in east-central Colorado and 
south-central Montana. In Montana control operations were completed during the 
third week in July. Heavy deposits of eggs were observed about the middle of 
the month in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming. Large numbers of crickets are 
migrating from, the higher altitudes toward crop land in eastern Idaho and rather 
heavy populations are still present in southern Washington, 
Rather heavy cutworm damage was reported during the month from the South 
Atlantic States, including Alabama. Scattered reports of damage wore received 
from the Great Lakes region and from the Pacific Northwest, 
'Limited outbreaks of the armyworm were reported from the Great Plains, also 
an isolated outbreak in the District of Columbia. 
Pall armyworm was reported from many localities along the Atlantic sea- 
board and Gulf Coast States. 
The beet web worm was very prevalent in the Great Plains States and was do- 
ing serious damage in North Dakota and South Dakota, and was also reported as 
present in destructive numbers in Utah. 
Rose chafer was appearing in destructive abundance from New England west- 
ward across New York and the East Central States into Minnesota and Iowa, 
Damage to corn by the grope colaspis was generally prevalent in the East 
Central States and southward to the Gulf and into Texas. 
Outbreaks of Say’s stinkbug were reported from North Dakota, South Dakota, 
Oklahoma, and Utah, 
The hessian fly survey in Ohio indicates a dccidod decreo.so in the infesta- 
tion over that of last year, being the lowest since 1918, 
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