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E..C T PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 15 - s — .- tA April 1„ 1933 - A * Ho. 2 
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THE MORE Itff-OHTAM! RECORDS FOE 5IASCH, 1333 .^ . 
The array cutworm is causing damage to wheat and oats in central and south- 
ern Kansas, and the entire northwestern part of Oklahoma. 
A heavy infestation of Hessian fly flaxseeds extends across central Missou- 
ri. Infestation is also rather heavy in south-central Nebraska. Wheat sovn af- 
ter the fly-free date in the East Central States appears to he in good condition. 
That sown prior to this, date in western Illinois is carrying a 36 -oer cent in- 
festation. 
Survival of the sugarcane "borer is unusually light in Louisiana owing ap- 
parently to severe cold in early February. 
In the northern part of the East Central States codling moth mortality ran 
as high as 50 per cent. This is probably associated with temperatures ranging 
below 25° below zero during the winter. 
The first adult of the oriental fruit moth emerged in southern Georgia 
March 12 and in South Carolina March 24. Ho emergence has been reported from 
the States farther north. 
The plum curculio started leaving hibernation in numbers during the la.st 
week in March in Georgia. This is about the, normal time for emergence. 
Considerable damage has been done to orange by the green citrus aphid 
throughout a large part of the' peninsula. : o-f Florida. The damage, however, is 
not so severe as in previous outbreaks. 
Buffalo gnats are again appearing in the Mississippi Delta and a for deaths 
of livestock have been reported. 
In this number of the Survey Bulletin ve are publishing a summary of insect 
conditions during 1932 in Brazil and Costa Rica. 
GENERAL FEEDERS 
CUTVJQEMS (Noctuidae) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (March 25): Cutworms are moderately abundant. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 25): Army cutworms ( Chorizagrotis auxiliaris Grote) 
have been causing considerable damage to wheat and to some oats in a number of 
counties. There may be more than one species of worms involved, but they 
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