INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 10 June 1, 1930 No. 4 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR MAY, 1930 
The usual spring damage by cutworms is being reported from the 
greater part of the country. The army-cutworm outbreak in western 
and central Nebraska- continued well into late April. Towards the end 
of May damage by the pale western cutworm was reported from parts of 
Montana. 
Wireworms were reported as more or less troublesome from practi- 
cally all parts of the country. In south-central and southern Illinois 
several thousand acres of corn had to be replanted on account of the 
depredations of these insects and in parts of South Dakota similar 
serious damage is being reported. 
The recently discovered wireworm Het eroderes laurentii Guer.was 
reported as pupating in late April and early May, pupation continuing 
throughout the month. 
An epidemic of the flower thrips is reported from Michigan, princi- 
pally damaging fruit. 
The Hessian-fly situation has not changed materially since our 
last report. Unfavorable weather gave this insect a decided setback 
in western and central Illinois. 
Mormon crickets are appearing in very threatening numbers in 
Sanders County, Mont., a county in which severe outbreaks occurred 
in 1926 and 1927. 
The corn ear worm is now appearing quite commonly in southern 
Mississippi and southern and central Texas. 
Throughout the East-Central States damage by sod ^obj'or-r.s to corn is 
quite general. Similar damage is also reported from Kentucky, Missouri, 
and Iowa. 
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