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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (j-une 25): Grasshoppers are seriously damaging 
tobacco in many parts of the State. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 22): Grasshoppers (specimens examined are Melan - 
oplus mexicanus Sauss.) have "been more abundant throughout the State 
than for many years. Damage was reported June lU in St. Joseph and 
Elkhart Counties. Since that time reports have "been received from 
several other northern counties and in Tippecanoe and Vermillion Counties. 
In most cases they are breeding in alfalfa fields, completely stripping 
the alfalfa and migrating to wheat, soybeans, cowpeas, and corn. At 
present most of them are mature. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (June 22): Heavy infestations of grasshoppers are 
developing locally throughout the northern three-fourths of the State. 
The infested areas are not large, running from 10 to several hundred 
acres; in a few cases to a thousand acres or more. The poison "bait has 
"been used very successfully. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 25): Reports of damage have "been received from 
Vandalia, Cass County, and Hanover, Jackson County. These points are 
below the generally infested area revealed in the survey last fall. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (June 2U): For the first time on record, extremely 
heavy infestations of grasshoppers are occurring in southern Wisconsin, 
but are mostly limited to areas of one or two townships. M. mexicanus 
is nearly mature and is cleaning up crops over large arens. Camnula 
pellucida Scudd. hoppers have recently hatched. Active control work is 
"being carried on in Douglas, St. Croix, Dunn, Chippewa, Shawano, Langlade, 
Columbia, Rock, Dane, Green, Jefferson, and Portage Counties. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (June 20): Grasshoppers scarce except in two town- 
ships in Todd County, in central Minnesota, where they are abundant. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 2U) : The grasshopper situation is very serious in 
western and southwestern Iowa. In about 10 counties it now appears that 
they will destroy at least half of the grain and most of the alfalfa. 
Over 70 carloads of poison bait have "been used, and an effort is being 
made to obtain 250 more cars. In some of the most heavily infested small 
grain and alfalfa fields the population ranges from 50 to 200 grasshoppers 
per square yard. The infestation in the southern half of the State is 
very spotted. The lesser migratory locust (M. mexicanus ) and the two- 
lined grasshopper (M. "bivittatus Say) are the most abundant species, 
many of which are in the adult state. The differential grasshopper 
(M. differentialis Thos.) is also very abundant in many localities but 
did not hatch as early as the other two species. 
