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today in 33.S "baited trees. (May 21): Spring-brood emergence "began 
April 30 at Elberfeld. Bait-trap catches at Vincennes and Bicknell 
reached their peaks on May l6 and 17. Small numbers of larvae were 
hatching by May lU. 
J. J. Davis (May 23): Codling moths are emerging in noticeable 
numbers in some localities. G. E. Marshall found the first adults at 
Orleans on May U. The peal: of emergence for southern Indiana was 
from May 8 to lU. Bait traps are located at the following points in 
the northern half of Indiana, and the dates of first codling moth 
catches are: La Payette, May l6; Denver, May l6; Saint Joe, May l6; 
La Porte, May 20; Bristol, none to date. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (May 18): There was a heavy emergence of adults from 
overwintering .larvae at all points in the southern half of the State, 
starting May 5 ^nd reaching a peak in southern Illinois between May 8 
and 10. Newly hatched larvae were first found entering the fruit in 
extreme southern Illinois on May 13. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (May 9): On May 8, in field observations at Mason, 
50 percent of the codling moth larvae were found pupated. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (May 23): The codling moth began emerging the last 
days of April in southern Missouri and by the end of the first week 
emergence was general over most of the State. First worms entered 
fruit in southern Missouri between May 11 and 15. Bait-trap catches 
indicate, only a moderate number of first-brood moths in orchards. 
Heaviest emergence in southern Missouri was from May 5 to 18 and in 
northern Missouri from May 10 to 20. 
H. Baker (May 26): The first codling moths were caught in bait 
traps at Saint Joseph on May 7> 3- n( l large catches were taken during the 
period May lU-22. Only a few scattering worm entrances have been 
observed to date. 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): The first codling moths were taken in traps 
at Paonia by J. H. Newton on May 3« There was a low winter mortality 
of the overwintering larvae in that section. 
Washington. E. J. Newcomer (May 19): Emergence of moths began on May k in 
the Yakima Valley with large numbers emerging from the 10th to the 13th. 
This is about the same time as last year, although the development of 
the apples is about a week ahead of last year. 
EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR ( Malacosoma americana Fab.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (May 19): Nests are very numerous in some 
localities. Caterpillars are now about half grown. Gray birches along 
the roadside in Vv'allingford were nearly defoliated on May lk. 
New York. N. Y. State Coll. Agr. News Letter (May)': Infestation by tent 
caterpillars is general in the Hudson River Valley and the western 
New York fruit district, although probably not so intensive as last year. 
