INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 11 September 1, 1931 No. 7 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR AUGUST* 1951# 
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The serious outbreak of gr n shoppers in the Great Plains region which 
developed during July continued through the greater part of August, with 
lesser outbreaks over practicably the entire country. 
Red spiders of several species attacking a great variety of plants, 
including forest and shade trees, truck crops, flowers, fruits, and shrubs, 
were reported frora scattered localities across the northern part of tho 
United States, fror. Maine through South Dakota and Idaho to Utah and Oregon. 
A few specimens of the European corn borer \.r;c discovered for the first 
time in the State of Wisconsin, having been found in a field in Mosel town- 
ship, Sheboygan County, on Lake Michigan. 
The Japanese beetle has been collected at Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, 
these being the first records for this State. 
The corn ear worm continued tc be reported as unusually abundant from 
practically the entire corn-growing area of the United States. 
A very unusual outbreak of chinch bugs occurred at Windsor, Berkshire 
County, Mass. The outbreak was not Extensive but the insects occurred in 
enormous numbers over a small area of corn and millet. The chinch bug 
situation as a whole in the Middle West has not changed materially since last 
month, although the insect has been reported this month from the lower tier 
of counties in Michigan and the southeastern corner of Minnesota. 
The garden webworm was reported as seriously damaging alfalfa in scattered 
localities from Indiana to North Dakota and Iowa.. 
Sod webwormsvc;:e unusually destructive to lawns, golf greens, and pas- 
tures from Ohio westward to North Dakota and southward to Missouri and 
Tennessee. 
The codling moth situation has not changed materially since July. This 
insect continues to be seriously prevalent from New York southward to Georgia 
and in scattered localities from the East Central States, westward to the 
Pacific Northwest. 
The oriental fruit moth has been found at Spring dale, Ark., this year. 
This is the first record from northwestern Arkansas. 
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