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ASPARAGUS 
A CUTWORM (Ejuxoa excellens Grote) 
Washington. J. Wilcox and W. W. Baker (May): E. excellens is injuring 
asparagus at Sumner, in Pierce County. An examination of a snail plot 
of the worst infested part of a planting of 18 acres showed that 100 
percent of the stalks had "been attacked on May 25* The planter said 
that he has had similar damage for many years "but never as severe as 
this. Some hills have a dozen larvae. 
ASPARAGUS BEETLE ( Crjoceris aspara^i L.) 
Washington, C. W, Getzcndaner (May 29): Adults, eggs, and larvae have "been 
found at Sumner. Damage is already apparent and "beetles were found on 
nearly every plant. They are much more numerous than last year when the 
"beetle was first discovered in this locality. 
ASPAPAGUS MINER ( Agronyza simplex Loew) 
Washington. J. 'Wilcox and W. W. Baker (May 28): Plies were observed on 
asparagus plants at Sumner, in Pierce County, "but no damage was found. 
Flies were mating. 
ONIONS 
ONION TKRIPS (Thrips t abaci Lind.) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (June 2U) • Appeared early in June on onions, much 
earlier than usual. 
New Jersey. T. J. Headlee (June 2k): Onion thrips have caused very little 
damage to early onions in southern New Jersey. The early crops are now 
"being harvested. Several complaints have come in of thrips cn seed 
onions in the muck sections of northern New Jersey. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 25): The onion thrips is "beginning to appear in 
onion fields about Marshall. 
ONION MAGGOT ( Hylemyia ant i qua Mefg. ) 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (June 23): The onion maggot has caused much 
damage, especially in the western counties. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (June 25)* Onion maggot has "been reported as abundant 
at East Lansing, Howell, and Marshall. 
A MIR ID ( Labopidea allii Knight) 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 2k) : The onion mirid did considerable damage in small 
onion fields in southeastern Iowa. In Bloomfiold some small patches of 
onions were almost destroyed. 
