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E. E. Scholl ' '(April 25): I have inspected quite a number of grain 
fields in the Counties of Pawnee, Payne, Noble, Logan, Garfield, 
Grant, and Alfalfa. Recent rains have brought out the wheat wonder- 
fully well, and the presence of lady-beetles, especially in the 
western counties, has greatly reduced the infestations. In the 
western part of Payne County it developed in our investigations 
yesterday that occasionally we find fields where the greenbugs are 
so numerous that a great deal of wheat will be destroyed before the 
pest will be overcome by the lady-beetles. 
WESTERN ARMY CUTBOHH ( Choriza?rot is auxili ary s Grcte) 
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M. H. Swenk (May ~, 
but heavy flight of the moths of 
in Arthur County. 
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Shortly after May 16 1 learned that a local 
moths of the western army cutworm was taking 
1HEAT JOINT^ORM f Hsrraclita tritici Fitch) 
A. F. Satterthwait (May l): Each year a portion of many hillside 
wheat fields is left unharvested, with Harmolita tritici the dominant 
insect pest and infestations up to 40 per cent common, occasionally 
over 80 per cent. Adults were issuing on April 27; the apex of the 
issuance had not been reached on May 1. $he locality of the infesta- 
tion was at Valley Park. 
WIREWORMS ( El at e rid ae ) 
Missouri A. F. Satterthwait (May 14): Occasional stalks of wheat were found 
killed by wireworm larvae at Valley Park in several bottom fields, 
the larvae ranging from about 1/2 to over 1 inch in length. Similar 
injury by wireworms was observed at Pacific May 7. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (April 15 - May 15): In addition to losses by false wire- 
worms, there seem to have been some rather serious injuries by a 
species of true wireworm, apparently a Crypt oh ypnus or Limonius , in 
the Platte Valley of western Nebraska. Such reports were first re- 
ceived from Keith County near Ogallala and later from Morrill County 
near Broadwater and from Scotts Bluff County. These reports were 
received during the last few days in April and the first two weeks 
in May, winter wheat being the injured crop in all cases. 
DRY- LAND WIREWORM (Ludius 
Hyslop) 
Washington M. C. Lane (April 19): In a trip through Douglas County, especially 
around Waterville, damage to the winter wheat from this wireworm seems 
to be somewhat less than usual. This is due largely to the better 
stands and thriftier growth of the grain, which is in turn due to the 
dry copper carbonate treatment of fall seed for smut and better cultural 
methods of the last few years. Wireworms were found easily in the 
poorer stands, but their damage was not noticeable in the majority of 
fields, especially where the wheat was covering the ground at this time. 
It is too early to find damage to spring wheat, of which there is 
very little being seeded. Wireworm damage to spring sown wheat is 
entirely dependent on weather conditions. With warm dry spring after 
seeding the'wireworms will not work as readily as if the weather remains 
cold and damp. 
