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An unusually heavy infestation of corn ear worm in tomatoes was re- 
ported from Mississippi. Damage to corn silk was reported from California. 
Sod webworms were very abundant in parts of Iowa and Missouri. Many 
cornfields were so badly infested as to require replanting. 
Rather serious outbreaks of the sugarcane beetle were reported from 
limited areas in Tennessee and Mississippi. 
Codling moth emergence reached its peak in Virginia, southern Illinois, 
and Indiana by May 10. In Do lav/are, Pennsylvania, northern Indiana, and 
northern Illinois the peak of emergence was reached about the middle of the 
month. In Ohio and Missouri the peak was apparently somewhat later. In the 
Pacific Northwest emergence began on May h and was heavy during the period 
May 10-13. 
Eastern tent caterpillar was reported quite generally from the 
southern New England and Middle Atlantic States westward to Tennessee. 
Various .fruit aphids were generally prevalent in the New England and 
Middle Atlantic States. 
The peak of first-brood plum curculio larvae emerging from peach drops 
occurred in Georgia on May U, 6 days later than last year. In the Fort Valley 
section the infestation was moderate. In Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri 
infestations were heavier than last year. The insect was also reported from 
Tennessee, Mississippi, and Minnesota. 
Rather severe damage to pecans by the nut case bearer was reported from 
Mississippi and Louisiana. 
The six-spotted mite has been more injurious to grapefruit in Florida 
than for many years. In some groves 50 percent of the leaves dropped. 
Flea beetle injury to truck gardens was quite generally reported from 
the Middle Atlantic, East Central, and Mississippi Valley States. Severe 
injury by flea beetles was also reported from San Francisco Bay region of 
California. 
The spotted cucumber beetle was observed attacking a variety of truck 
crops in the South Atlantic and lower Mississippi Valley States. Fields of 
watermelons and corn were being completely destroyed in parts of Mississippi 
and Texas. 
Mexican bean beetles appear to be quite scarce from Virginia northward, 
possibly owing to the severe winter experienced in this part of the country. 
Beetles were starting to emerge in Georgia during the first week in the month 
but were still quite scarce in that State up to the third week. 
The beet leafhopper was reported as having passed the winter 
successfully at Billings, Mont. 
