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cutrorms rere reported as injuring fruit buds in Isolated localities ia many 
parts of the country. 
ARMY70RM 
'The first report of damage by the armyrorm Fas received from south- 
eastern Missouri in March, and by the last of A^ril srarms of moths rere 
ooserved over most of the State. In May heavy flights occurred over Illinois 
and Indiana. In June, outbreaks of larvae rere cccurrir. the States 
mentioned, _ extending into astern and central Kentucky, through Io~a into 
southern Minnesota, into southeastern Nebraska, through eastern Kansas, and 
into northeastern Oklahoma, "here severe damage v 'as caused. Reports of 
isolated damage rere received from Baltimore Count'/, Ifd. , and Norfolk and 
!*ythe Counties, Va. As is usual in an outbreak of" this insect, parasites 
and predators became abundant and gained control by the end of the season. 
VETCH BRUCHID 
The vetch bruchid, vhich r»as first recorded in the United States in 
1931, has spread considerably in North Carolina. A survey in the rest- 
central pert of the State showed 15 counties infested. Smooth and hairy 
vetch are attacked and in Ro^an County, the original infested area in that 
State, the infestation averaged 50 percent of the pods, "er records of in- 
festation include Washington County, Md. , a locality in Franklin County, Pa., 
a county already infested, and Chesterfield and Lancaster Counties, S. C. 
FRUIT APHIDS 
The three most important snecies of apple aphids hatched in about 
normal abundance during the latter half of March a.nd. the first <-eek in 
April in the northeastern fourth of the United States. Development r?s 
retarded by unfavorable leather conditions and only moderately heavy infes- 
tations rere reported. An unusually heavy infestation of the rosy apple 
aphid ras reported from northwestern Arkansas the last of May. On the rhole, 
ar>hid injury "-as less than usual and no extensive commercial damage r as re- 
ported. A report from Virginia, dated October 38, stated that fall mig- 
rants and oviparous females of the rosy apple aphid '-ere unusually abundant 
throughout the apple-groring district. 
CODLING MOTH 
Injury by the codling moth ras lighter over the country as a -hole 
than it has been since 1929. Reports from California indicated that apples, 
pears, and peaches in the Sacramento Valley suffered greater injury than 
in 19' 4. The cool, rainy leather during May, rhich delayed emergence, and 
the lor evening temperatures, Fhich prevented maximum egglaying, r ere 
probably the controlling influences in the lo ,_ infestation. Many of the 
first-brood larvae lacked sufficient vitality to enter the fruit. In July 
the second-brood larvae -ere reported from scattered localities ?s increas- 
ing in abundance, but they '"eve effectively controlled. Unusually r arm 
weather during the first half of September stimulated activity in some of 
the East Central States and in the Yakima and Wenatcnee Valleys in Washing- 
ton. Reports from over the country generally indicate that there -ere com- 
paratively fer larvae to enter hibernation this fall. 
