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larvae are now (..larch 25) beginning to leave their hiber- 
naculaand to gnaw into the unfolding buds on well-advanced 
pecan trees in southern Georgia (Valdosta, Thomas vi lie, 
Cairo, and Albany). 
R. ',T. Harned (March 28): One larva of a case bearer was 
found feeding on pecan buds. 
PECAN BUDMOTH ( Froteopteryx bolliana Sling. ) 
•J. 3. Gill (March 22): Oviposition of the pecan bud- 
moth ( Proteocter r. bolliana Sling.) has started in the 
pecan orchards and nurseries of southern Georgia. On 
March 24 the first larvae of the season were found working 
in the buds of -ell-advanced pecan trees. 
A MOTH ( Cossula magnifica Strecker) 
M. H. Brunson (February 27): T he pecan trunk borer is 
moderately abundant in a grove belonging to Mr. C. D. .■. eeks. 
T. L. Bissell (March 25): These borers are abnormally 
abundant in pecan orchards at Barnesville and Experiment. 
J. M. Robinson (March 22): The pecan borer is moderately 
abundant on pecan trunks at ^rialusia. 
■ T..TG GIRDLER ( Oncider es cingulatus Say) 
D. if. Grir .' (March 23): Ihe hickory twig girdler is 
moderately abundant in. *wlie central part of the State, in one 
pecan orchard. 
COTTONY-CUSHION SCALE ( I eer y a purchasi Mask, ) 
J, M. Robinson (March 22): The cottony-cushion scale 
is moderately abundant on pecan at Atmore. 
SUBTROPICAL FRUIT INSECT 
CITRUS 
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CITRUS APHID ( (Aphis spl rgecola Patch) 
J. R. .Vatson (March 24): The green citrus aphid ( Aphis 
spiraecola Fatch) has not developed so heavy an infestation 
as the situation indicated a month ago. This is apparently 
due to several heavy dashing rains -hich probably destroyed 
many of them and decreased their numbers. They are again 
on the increase. 
