INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 3 June 1, 1923 No. 3 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR FAY, 1923 
Throughout the greater part of the chinch bug belt the bugs were in flight 
during the latter part of April and the first week in Fay. Infestations are re- 
ported as quite heavy in the southeastern part of Kansas and northeastern part of 
Oklahoma. Conditions are reported as about normal in Missouri, and a little abov;. 
normal in Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. 
The Hessian fly is reported as being practically controlled this year in 
Ohio and Illinois. Rather severe infestations are reported from parts of lev?. 
and from southeastern Nebraska, and the fly is also reported as being on the in- 
crease again in Fissouri. 
Rather severe wirevorrs injury is reported from Nebraska, Fisscuri, leva, 
and Washington State. 
The pea aphid as a pest to both alfalfa and garden peas has been reported 
as much more than normally destructive in Fissouri, Kansas, California, tidewater 
Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa, and the western part of Oklahoma. 
Heavy grasshopper outbreaks are already indicated in parts of Texas and 
Font ana. 
The apple aphid situation during Fay was not serious throughout the greater 
part of the eastern fruit belt. The green apple aphid was reported as abnormally 
abundant in Georgia, while the rosy apple aphid was reported as doing sore damage 
in sections of Indiana and in the western part of Arkansas. 
An unusual infestation of the fruit-tree leaf-roller appears likely in 
Cache County, Utah. 
The apple-tree tent-caterpillar is appearing in unusual numbers throughout 
the New England and the Fiddle Atlantic States as far south as Virginia. 
Good results on control of the San Jose scale with lubricating-oil emulsion 
are reported from Fisscuri and Illinois . 
Experiments carried on in Georgia seem to indicate that no damage is done 
to peach trees from 3 to 5 years old by the use of 3/4 of an ounce of paradichloro- 
benzene for a period of 28 days . Excellent results from the use of this insecti- 
cide in commercial peach orchards are reported. 
The Mexican bean beetle is reported from Lee County, Ala., 50 miles south 
of the known infested area in 19 22, and has been reported from the eastern part of 
Mississippi, a State which was not known to be infested last year. 
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