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South Milford area. (April 23 ): Two to 3 young grasshoppers per 
square yard ha.d hatched on a south slope at Mendon, Cache County. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (April 26): Two recently hatched grasshoppers 
( Melanoplus sp. ) were found on the field margin of alfalfa at Ogden. 
MORMON CRICKET ( Anahrus simplex Hald. ) 
South Dakota. B. M. Gaddis (April 13 ) i Began hatching near Wood in 
' Mellette County during the first week in April, 
Wyoming. (April 6-12): First-instar crickets were reported in Sheridan 
Countv on -April 5 and in Hot Springs County on April 12. 
Montana, (April 13-19)* Reported hatching in Big Horn County. 
Idaho, (March 30-April 5)s Crickets were reported the week ended 
April 3 to he hatching only in the Monroe Creek area of Washington 
County. On April 3 * 80 percent of the crickets observed in that 
locality were in the first instar. Crickets are reported to he 
hatching in the eastern part of the State in Bingham, Clark, Fre- 
mont, and Jefferson Counties. (April 6-12): Crickets are re- 
ported to have hatched over the entire State; however, no migra- 
tions have been reported and the crickets are generally confined 
to the egg beds. The average- hatch in the eastern part of the State 
is less than 50 percent completed. (April 13-19 ) 5 Hatching through 
out the State is estimated to be 60 percent complete, with approxi- 
mately 60 percent of the nymphs in the first instar a„nd 40 percent 
in the second. The generally cool and stormy weather apparently 
has had no adverse influence upon the emerged crickets. For' the 
most part they are remaining on the egg beds, with the exception 
of 1 small band in Clark County, averaging 50 crickets per square 
yard, which was reported to have migrated into an alfalfa field, 
First cricket hatches are reported for several of the counties in 
the State as follows: Bingham County, April Jefferson County, 
March 29; Clark County, April 1; and Fremont County, April 7 . 
Utah. G. F. Knofclton et al. (March 31 ) 5 Mormon crickets are hatching 
out in considerable numbers on egg beds on Lookout Pass and in a 
few other places in Utah and Juab Counties, A few are now in the 
second instar. (April 4): Approximately 10 percent of the eggs 
have hatched at Silver City on ’ south slopes and 50 -percent at 
Knight's Tunnel foothill areas, in Utah County, Approximately 55 
percent have hatched at Lookout Point, in Tooele County. (April 12) 
Control operations began on hatching grounds near - Elberta, in Utah 
County, on April S and at Lookout Pass, in Tooele County, on April 
9, but were discontinued on April 10 because of weather conditions. 
Cool weather retarded hatching. (April 26); First-instar larvae 
are abundant at lower elevations near Eureka, in Juab County. Eggs 
on higher areas nearby, are still unhatched. Approximately 90 per- 
cent of- the young crickets dusted in the Lookout Pass area during 
