INSECT PEST SUSVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. lb 
H'" venter 1, 
1930 
No. 3 
THE MORE ILIP03TANT 2EC0RDS ?0E OCTOBER 1936 
During the late fall ef:,°i layindT of grasshoppers in Indiana and Illinois 
was so extensive that those States anticipate noro severe injury than they 
have had in recent years. The sa:ne condition prevails in eastern lov/a. 
Chinch "bu^-s are generally a'^MJiniant from Indiana westw.rd to Kansas and 
Kejraska, The n-an'':^er of "burs ontering hi"bernation indicates a lar^ye popu- 
lation next rprin.i^. 
The corn ear worn developed so rapidly during the late fall that in 
Octoc:r considora'ile dana.Te v/as done fron the Midi'le Atlantic States west- 
ward to the Missi3si];pi Hivcr. Appreciahle crop losses were also recorded 
fror- OMahona an.d Utah. 
In the East Central States heavy populations of the codling" noth are 
. reported, nakinif; possi'blo a heavy carry-over of this insect next springe. 
This insect was nore prevalent on pears in Laice County, Calif. , than ever 
"beforo recorded. 
Elorida red scale infestations are heavier in Florida than at an;;- tine 
since 193I+. 
Late flights of the cotton leaf v;orn wore rejorted from the East Central 
States northeastward to Maine and into Ontario, Canada. 
A recent survey indicates that the smaller European elir Dark "beetle 
is now well cstahlishod in an area approxiiTiately 100 miles in diameter in 
V/est Vir.^inia and eastern Ohio. 
The hemlock spanworm is rapidly increasinj^ in Mcunt Desert Island, 
Maine, where it is attackin.T fir and spruce. 
The eastern spruce "beetle has dep.troyed the spruce over rsi area of 
hetweon SOO and 9OO acres in the G-reen Mountain National Eorest, in Vermont. 
The snail "ba-gworn, Pf^^che ni/^^ito. B. & McD. , has "been found infesting 
the recent plantin.^rs of t-ai-:i;-oil trees in Florida. 
Reports of sporadic ocoxirrence of screw^fform infestations were rcceived 
durin^ Octo'^:er. 
