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SQUASH 
SQUASH BUG ( Ansra t ristis DeG. ) 
A. I. Bourne (July 24): i7e found the first eggs of the squash 
bug In the field on June 27' and 29. They have been reported as 
being present in large numbers in the Market Garden sections in 
the eastern part of the State. 
R. "7. Earned (July 8): Specimens have: been received of the common 
squash bug during the last few days from Yalobusha and Monroe Coun- 
ties. In both cases the complaints were in regard to their injury 
to melons. 
:.:. H. Svreuk (June 25- July 25): The squash bug has caused fully 
the usual amount of trouble- to cucurbit growers. 
I. II. Havzley (July 25): This old pest has been very common in 
southern Utah for several years. It is now becoming established 
in weber, Boxelder, and Davis Counties in northern Utah. Last 
year some fields were entirely destroyed and it looks as though 
there -ould be some loss this year. 
SQUASH BORER ( Melittia satyriniformis Hbn. ) 
A. I. Bourne (July 24): The moths of the 3quash vine borer have 
been observed in the field, but as yet it is too early to note any 
evidence of their injury. 
ONIONS 
LESSSR ONION FLY ( Eumerus strigp.t us Fal 1 . ) 
E. ?. Felt (July 24): Recent collecting has shcrai this insect to 
be somewhat generally distributed in portions of the Hudson and 
Mohawk Valleys, the flies having been captured in the open at 
Saratoga, Amsterdam, Schenectady, Albany, Greenville, and Athens, 
In some cases at least no roots having been purchased locally for 
sever?.! years. 
ONION ICAGGOT ( Hylemyia anti qua Lleig. ) 
C. R. Crosby and assistants: At Elba this insect is attacking 
onion and is serious on muck areas in this section. Injury is 
general and quite serious in TTayne and Oswego Counties. 
J. J. Davis (July 23): Reports of abundance in northern Indiana, 
especially Steuben County, June 27- July 16. 
S. B. Fracker (July 10): Apparently less troublesome than usual 
in southern part of the State; some damage in northern section. 
