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GENERAL 
STATEMENT 
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ROSE CURCULIO ( Rhyuchites bicolor Fab.) 
M« H a Swenk (Jane 15-July 10): The rose curculio nas unusually 
numerous over the State and in Kimball County was reported as 
puncturing all of the rose buds and blasting them before they 
opened. 
COMMON ROSS SLUG (Caliroa aethiou s Fab.) 
E. F. Dietz (Jure): Rose slugs are becoming a serious pest on 
roses. 
M. H. Swenk (June 15-July 10): Roses were very heavily attacked 
during the last half of June all over southeastern Nebraska by the 
common r^se slug* 
Don C. Mote (June 1): Larvae of this insect are numerous at 
Salem and Corvallis. 
INSECTS AFFECTING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC A N I M A L S 
MAN 
MOSQUITOES ( Cvler. spp.) 
H. B» Dietz (June): Due to the unusually wet weather mosquitoes 
( Culex spp.) have been exceedingly .abundant --"flu any place *here 
there is standing water, At Millersville, Muncie, Noblest iile, 
and in various parts of Indianapolis mosquitoes have been so 
abundant that people have been forced to stay indoors after 
dark. In shaded localities they are also as much a nuisance in 
the daytime as at night. 
CH.IGGERS ( Trombic ula tlalzaftuatl Murray) 
F. C„ Bishopp (June): Chiggers continued to be present in v ery 
annoying numbers throughout June. Yliile everyone talks of their 
abundance and annoyance they are probably no worse than normal 
at this season of the year. 
CAT AND DCG FLEAS (pt^nocephalu_s felis Douche & 
£• c anis Boache ) 
F. C» Bishopp (j'uly 29): Have been occurring as household pests 
in the Atlantic Sta.tes in an unusual number of cases. A great many 
complaints have been received from Maryland, Virginia, and 
Pennsylvania. 
