CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
MISCELLANEOUS FEEDERS 
North Dakota 
Nebraska 
Texas 
GRASSHOPPERS ( Acridiidae) 
R. L. TTebster (August 3): County agents report damage in Pierce, 
Mercer, and I.'cHenry Counties. 
M. H. Swenk (August 1-15): Grasshoppers, mostly Melanoplus 
bivittatus r began to be complained of in Furnas and surrounding 
counties early in August. There have been complaints of grass- 
hopper injury in other parts of western and central Nebraska, but 
on the whole these insects are less injurious than usual this year. 
If. C. Tanquary (July 23): Reports of grasshopper injury continue 
to come in from several counties of western Texas. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phvllonhaga spp.) 
Massachusetts A. I. Bourne (August 23): Numerous complaints have come to this 
office relative to unusual abundance of white grubs from srery many 
points throughout the State. Franklin, from East Wareham, finds 
grubs "working in grass land in astonishing numbers. In one area 
of about two acres, they had eaten off all the roots of the errass 
so that the turf could be rolled back easily like a carpet, expos- 
ing the grubs in such numbers that they cculd have been gathered by 
the bushel." Complaints of these insects practically killing 
large areas in lawns have been received from several of our corres- 
pondents. One writes: "The grass in spots has died altogether, 
looking as if it had been burnt by the sun. Flocks of robins and 
other birds have been seen picking at the spots as if seeking grubs 
or worms. The layer of turf is loose from the layer of earth just 
beneath it. Running the hand between the turf and the earth will 
separate the turf as readily as if one ran the hand between two 
sheets" . 
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Massachusetts 
F. A. Fenton (July 28): The June beetle, as predicted, has appeared 
in swarms in southeastern Iowa in the counties bordering the Mississ- 
ippi, where they have defoliated large tracts of woodlands. 
WIREWOBMS (Elateridae) 
A. I. Bourne (July 25): Wireworms are occasionally causing con- 
siderable injury, although there is no general or widespread out- 
break. Doubtless the injury is somewhat aggravated in most fields 
by the protracted drought, which has weakened the plants so that 
they have not been able to revive after early injuries by these 
insects . 
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