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ALFALFA wEEVIl ( Phy ten onu s posticus Gyll. ) 
C. Wakeland (July 29): The alfalfa vreevil has been more destructive 
in eastern Idaho than it has been since 1921. In the extreme east- 
ern part of the State, -here it has been of no economic importance 
before, it caused heavy loss on first-crcp alfalfa and has greatly 
retarded the growth of the second crop. In the Grimm seed district 
of eastern Idaho it v;as abundant enough in some fields this season 
to justify spraying but it has been of so little importance during 
the preceding two years that growers were unprepared for spraying 
this season. In western Idaho Larvae became Quite abundant in a 
few fields and spraying was done. In general, however, infestations 
-.-^ere so light that savings resulting from spraying would not have 
justified the expense. 
A SOLDIER BEETLE ( Tegredera latecincta Horn) 
T. D. Urbahns (July lo) : On this dote J. '.".'. Dixon reported soldier 
beetles, Tegrodera latecincta . as invading alfalfa fields near the 
native sage brush, feeding on the young shoots and checking the 
growth. while the insect is a native and usually present, this was 
the first time it has been observed as damaging cultivated plants 
near Manzanar , Inyc County. 
ONION THRIPS (Thrios tabaci L. ) 
M. H. Swenk (July 25-August 25) : The onion thrips appeared this 
summer in the alfalfa fields in the valley north of Harrison, Sioux 
County, where it is apparently interfering very seriously with the 
prospective alfalfa seed yield, by blasting the alfalfa blossoms. 
BLACK BLISTER BEETLE ( Em c out a p enn syl vani ca DeG. ) 
::. H. Swenk (July 25-August 25): The small black blister beetle 
was reported as common, but doing no great damage, in an alfalfa 
field in Saunders County during the second week in August. 
A NiYRIAFOD (Fclydesmus serratu s) 
M. H. Swenk (July 25-August 25) : The myriapod Fclydesmus serratus 
appeared in unusual abundance in the alfalfa and small grains 
fields of Merrick and York Counties during the last week in July, 
where it attracted attention by migrating at night in large numbers, 
and hiding in the daytime under grain shocks, or any other objects 
on the ground. 
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CLOVER SEED MIDGE ( Dasyneura legnminicela Lintn. ) 
Idaho 
C. Wakeland (July 29): Very destructive in clover seed fields in 
southwestern Idaho this season. In the Emmet t and New Plymouth 
