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ARMY CUTWORM ( Chari zagrot is nuxiliaris Grotc) 
Nebraska. B, M. Gaddis and assistants (April 21-26 ) • Crop donate has 
apparently "been light in all infested counties. Excellent prowing 
conditions for crops have undoubtedly played an important part in 
holding down the amount of damage . One. field examined in Banner 
County showed border damage extending 5 or 6 feet into the' margin 
of the field, with from 5 to H cutworms present per foot of drill 
row. Other fields examined showed only slight marginal damage. 
Approximately 20 percent of the larvae were in the last instar and 
ready to pupate. 
Oklahoma. (May 11-17) J Serious outbreaks of army cutworms were reported 
in wheat, oats, barley, and rye in Harmon, Jackson, Greer, Gr a. dy, 
Tillman, Cotton, and Kiowa Counties in the southwestern part of the 
State. Morns ranged from 30 to 3 ? per square foot in some areas but 
no extensive baiting has yet been done, 
Colorado. (April 2 7 -May 3) ; Minor crop damage is reported to be taking 
p3_a.ee in new seedlings of alfalfa in Boulder, Adams,' Jefferson, Meld, 
and Larimer Counties in the north-central part of the State; however, 
cutworms arc not present in those areas in sufficient numbers to cause 
.extensive damage. (May 11-17); Army cutworms were .reported doing con- 
siderable damage to corn in Logan, Sedgwick, Phillips, and Yuma Coun- 
ties, in northeastern Colorado. Alfalfa, spring grains, and truck 
crops also are being damaged slightly. 
Montana. H. B. Mills (May 20): The army cutworm is still doing a little 
damage in Phillips County, in the northeastern part of the State, and 
in Toole Count’ 7 ', in the north-central pant. 
B. M. Gaddis and assistants (May 4-10 ); T’rbn 2 to 10 army cutworms 
per square foot have been found in various regions of south-central 
Montana. Some damage has been reported to young alfalfa, winter wheat, 
and sugar boots. 
Wyoming. B. T. S n i.p CS (May 2l) : Army cutworm outbreaks reported covering 
much of the State. Damage ranges from light in range land and alfalfa 
to heavy in wheat, some fields of wheat in Johnson Count:/ showing 100- 
percont loss, 
Utah. G. 7. Knovlton and assistants (April 30 ) : Army cutworm injury has 
been severe in alfalfa and who at fields in Uinta, Beaver, Carbon, Grand, 
San Juan, Sevier, Sanpete, and Morgan Counties. Pupation stair tod in 
Carbon County on May 5* 
Idaho. B. M„ Gaddis and assistants (April 21-26)* An area, 'of some 3,000 
acres .in the dry-farm section of Power County is infested, (May 4- 
10): Pour hundred acres of wheat and alfalfa are infested in Jeffer- 
son County and approximately 25 percent of the crops in 'that area have 
been destroyed. 
