I IT SECT PEST SURVEY BULLET I IT 
Vol. 4 August 1, 1924 No. 5 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR JULY, 1924 
The armyworm outbreak reported in the last lumber of the Bulletin advanced 
northward during the month, developing most seriously in the northern third of 
Illinois and southern Wisconsin. In Ohio and Indiana the damage seems to "be less 
severe. 
Cutworms continued to be an outstanding feature of the entomological con- 
ditions over practically the entire country extending from Maine to New Mexico. 
The grasshopper situation on the whole does not seem to be as serious as 
usual. 
The Hessian fly in Missouri, Indiana, end. Michigan is threatening. In 
Kansas, owing to the very dry weather, the killing out of plants by the Hessian fly 
is believed to have been advantageous to the or -p. 
The chinch bug is generally less troublesome than usual in the eastern parts 
of its range, but very serious in Nebraska and Kansas. 
The stalk borer is reported as generally numerous in New England and in the 
Ohio River States, and reports of damage also have come from Kansas and Nebraska. 
Roport has been received that this promises to be the worst codling moth year 
ever recorded in Washington Scale. 
The Oriental fruit moth has oeen found in numerous places in the southeastern 
states. 
The cherry fruit-fly continues troublesome in parts of Oregon and a State 
quarantine on the shipping of this fruit from these sections into the State of Calif- 
ornia, has been promulgated. 
The very unusual flights of the painted lady butterfly reported in the last 
number of the Bulletin seem to have been but a reflection of a very widespread in- 
crease in the numbers of this insect: during the month reports of unusual numbers of 
these butterflies and their larvae were received from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illi- 
nois, Minnesota, and 0\ : ;on, and also from the Gila Bend section of Arizona and from 
the State of Sinaloa in Mexico. 
The Mexican bean beetle during the month was discovered in Indiana and has 
materially advanced its range in Ohio and Georgia, as well as making substantial 
ground over the rest of the infested territory. In Wyoming the pest has extended 
its range 30 miles north of last year's infestation. 
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