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PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
Georgia 0. I. Snapp (April 30): The first curculio larvae of the 1923 season 
reached maturity, left the peach, and entered the soil on this date. 
On April 18, the first curculio eggs hatched in the insectary. On 
April 18, a number of larvae varying in age from 3 to 5 days were found 
in peaches on trees in commercial orchards near Fort Valley. 
(May 15): The largest number of eggs deposited to Hay 13 by any 
female is 147, The largest number deposited in a single day to date 
by one female is 14. The average number of eggs deposited during the 
season to date by females of the first 1922 generation is 61. 2. per cent 
The average number deposited by second-generation females is 61#£ -par 
cent. The incubation period for jC. nenuphar eggs during the past 
month has varied from 4 to 11 days on account of variable temperatures. 
An increased infestation in peach "drops" is noted in orchards where 
the first curculio spray was omitted. Two and one-half bushels of 
"drops" frcm one of these orchards have given to date 8,223 matured 
larvae. Two and one-half bushels of "drops" frcm an experimental 
orchard have given to date 4,438 matured larvae as compared with 2,752 
from the same amount of "drops" frcm this orchard a year ago. The 
general curculio infestation is central Georgia at the present tim© 
appears to be heavier than in 1922, but lighter than in 1921. 
CHERRY 
CHERRY APHID ( Mvzus cerasi Fab . ) 
New York C. R. Crosby and assistants: Found abundantly in inside of Rosette 
trees, in Ulster County; found in a few orchards around Geneva, in 
Ontario County. 
Maryland J. A. Hyslop (May 2o) : All terminal leaves curled, twigs and leaves 
black with aphids at Avanel. Much more abundant compared with last 
month and average year. 
PLUM 
PLUM CURCULIO ( Conotrachelus nenuphar Hbst.) 
West 
Virginia Fred E. Brooks, Monthly News Letter Bureau of Entomology, No. 108, 
(April, 1923): Failure to collect plum curculios in jarring plum 
trees on April 14 indicates that these species have not yet emerged 
from hibernation. 
•hio H. A. Gcssard (May 11): On March 30 the plum curculio beetle was 
received from Bowling Green taken frcm plum. 
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Virginia 
PLUM GOUGER ( Anthonomus scutellaris Lee.) 
Fred E. Brooks, Monthly News Letter, Bureau of Entomology, No* 108 
(April, 1923): Failure to collect plum gougers , Anthonomus scutellaris 
in jarring plum trees on April 14 indicates that thess species ha^e 
not yet emerged from hibernation. 
