INSECT PEST-SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 5 ■;•' : ' ..;.', --.v.: ' July l/ 1925 No . 4 
OUTSTANDING- ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1925 
The outstanding feature for the month and in fact for the entire spring and 
early simmer ' is' the general destructive 'prevalence of cutwo'.rms extending from Maine 
to Oregon and south to the G.ulf , practically every State from which reports were 
received mentioning their, serious abundance'. 
....The chinch bug is appearing in threatening numbers in south- central Illinois , 
southwestern Mis>oir..i:,;' Nebraska,' arid Kansas',, and these, insects are reported as more 
troublesome 'than i'hey have been in the past 18' years in/fazoo-Mississ'ippi D-elia- 
region. 
Considering the country as a, whole the grasshopper 'situation is 'not serious. 
In .the Great Plains region they.! appear t,o T he ies's numerous ,'than they have been for 
the last 15. years. . . '.'. ', . * 
... .• \7hite. grubs are. generally numerous and destructive , in the Mississippi, Valley 
and heavy flights of beetles are reported' from Pennsylvania. . ... 
. .. The Hessian fly situation has not materially changed .from the condition re- 
ported last month. . 
The wtalk borer is appearing in unusually destructive .numbers in_ the east- 
central States. ... .""''. 
The codling moth appears to be more numerous than usual in .Indiana, Illinois, 
and Arkansas ",' and the tent caterpillar seems to be as serious as 'last year over New 
England." ' '''* " '■■'■■' • • ■ " • " ;• ' 
The plum curcu lie situation seems to be very favorable over* the southern peach 
belt .- - '••''••' ■ • • ' - 
The se«d corn maggot is reported as :*ore or. less destructive tjo' truck crops in 
New Xfi£&„ Ohio, lieconsin. Nebraska, Hcntir.na, aid Oregon. 
In Ohio and Indiana the banded flea beetle has been 'unusually d e'st'ructive this 
season. 
The mos't serious infestation by garden slugs attacking truck and other plants 
is record 3d from Sonoma and Sacro_nento Counties,' California. 
The tomato suckfly is reported for the first' time as a pest in Mississippi, 
ard the_ Australian tomato weevil has been reported from Escambia County, Florida. 
. .. The. cabbage maggot is reported from New York State' westward through Ohio to 
Indiana, ; !Cll.y.ic is , and Wisconsin, and' also reported as doing considerable damage in 
Oregon. ...,,, . ... 
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