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30LL WEEVIL 1 
"In the Rio Grande Valley of Texas the boll weevil / Anthonomus grandi s 3fo^/ 
was' active throughout' the winter of 1930-31, arid more numerous in the month 
of May. in southern counties than for a number of years, continuing to in-. 
crease and becoming more destructive as the season progressed. By July it 
was- active in practically every county in the main cotton belt of the State 
as far west as Tom Green County: Damage became serious in August in 
scattered localities in northeastern, central, and southeastern counties. 
In Oklahoma weevils were numerous in 29 counties in the eastern half .of the 
State in June, increasing in numbers and damage during July and August. In 
Arkansas infestation and damage were light and widely scattered... ..-In Louisiana 
weevil population and damage were slight until afterjuly 15, when showery 
weather caused rapid reproduction with serious damage, which continued into 
September, when damage to. bolls, became quite general. In Mississippi 
infestation was comparatively light and scattered until after July 15., 
Continued rains promoted an increase in infestation in' all parts of the State 
during August and September, with considerable damage resulting to /young ■• 
'bolls.. In Georgia dry weather held the infestation to practically a minimum 
with very little damage to the crop. In Alabama infestation in the latter 
part of June was considerable in southern counties and light but general 
in the central section of the State. In' North Carolina the weevil was fair- 
ly., numerous and damage along the South Carolina border and in a few scattered 
counties in- central and northern ^ctj.io:ns. Rains in August caused a heavy 
increase in number of weevils and damage in most districts, practically all 
squares- becoming infested. The extreme southern counties - appeared to suffer 
the greatest damage. - In South Carolina a high degree of infestation develop- 
ed during June and continued in most fields during July and August... .. .Dry .... 
weather during September and October reduced weevils to moderate numbers. 
In general, infestations and resulting damage were heavy throughout southern 
and eastern Texas, . eastern Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, and southern 
Alabama, and comparatively light in Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Alabama, 
Georgia, and the: greater part of North Carolina. Another area of rather 
heavy infestation occurred in South Carolina and the southern tiers of 
counties in/North Carolina." 
TEURBERIA WEEVIL 2 
The Thurberia weevil ( Anthonomus /rrandis thurberiae Pierce), has this 
fall been found outside the areas previously under regulation on account 
of this pest,, near Eloy,. Pinal County, Ariz. 
PIISK BOLL WORM 3 
Scouting for the pink boll worm f. pgftt^nophora gossypiella Saund. ) in 
the crop year 1931 had not 3 r et been completed on December 1, the date of 
1 G. A. Maloney, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A. 
2 Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, U. S. D. A. 
3 Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, U. S. . D. A. 
