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The seed corn maggot was very abundant in the lower Mississippi 
Valley, from Kentucky and Missouri westward to Nebraska and Oklahoma. 
Reports have been received of severe damage to peas in Washington State 
and to beans in the vicinity of Washington, D. C. 
Survival of the Mexican bean beetle in hibernation cages in Colum- 
bus, Ohio, was the heaviest for several years. The insect started appearing 
early in the month in Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama, and late in the month 
was quite prevalent at least as far north as Maryland. 
The beet leaf hopper populations are rather largo both in southern 
Idaho and in Utah. 
The boll weevil is appearing in larger numbers than at any time 
during the last 3 years in parts of South Carolina, whereas in Georgia the 
brood seems to be the smallest in many years, as is also the case in the 
Delta section of Mississippi and in Louisiana. Emergence in Texas was very 
high, having been exceeded only three times in the past 12 years. 
There was a heavy emergence of the pink bollworm in the Big Bend of 
Texas during the last week in April, indicating higher survival than last 
year. 
Periodical cicada appeared during the last 2 weeks of the month 
throughout its known habitat. 
A heavy outbreak of canker worms appeared in northeastern Missouri. 
By the end of May they were stripping elms and other trees. Reports of 
similar, though less severe, damage were received from New England, New York, 
Ohio, Indi ana , an d Okl aho ma • 
Dog ticks are apparently more abundant than usual throughout the 
Middle Atlantic and East Central States. 
