INSECTS ATTACKING MAN AND 
DOMESTIC ANIMALS 
MAN 
BUCK MOTH ( Hemileuca maia Drury) 
Texas. 0. G. Babcock (May 18): Oak leaf spiny caterpillar first appeared 
on live oaks 31 miles southeast of Sonora about April 1, but is now 
grown and about gone. Many cases of local poisoning have been reported. 
A few parasites are appearing this year. 
BEDBUG ( Cimex lectularius L.) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 23): Bedbugs have been reported from a number 
of localities in the State as abundant in hones and poultry houses. 
Nebraska. M- H. Swenk (May 20): Conplaints of the infestation of houses 
by the bedbug were received from Dodge, Madison, Merrick, Custer, and 
Frontier Counties from April 21 to May 20. 
Colorado. G. M. List (May 22): The hat bedbug (C. pilosellus Horv. ) has 
been brought in during the last 2 weeks from Greeley, Loveland, and 
Eort Collins. In all cases these were taken in dwellings and were con- 
fused with the common bedbug. 
MOSQUITOES (Culicinae) 
Delaware. D. MacCreary (May 3) J The peak of the flight of Aedes cant at or 
Coq. in Delaware City occurred on the above date. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (May 23): Mosquitoes have been quite annoying at 
Lafayette the past week. 
Utah. G. E. Knowlton (May 19) : Mosquitoes have been very abundant and 
annoying in various parts of northern Utah near numerous ponds left 
by subsiding flood water along various streams and rivers. 
Texas. H. E. Parish (May) ! Mosquitoes have not yet made their appearan 
in numbers to be of economic importance. 
SANDFLIES ( Culicoides spp.) 
Delaware. D. MacCreary (May 12): Sandflies are very abundant and annoying 
in salt marshes near Odessa. 
Georgia. J. 3. Hull (May 25): During the first 3 weeks of April sandflies, 
especially C. canithorax Hoff., were numerous around the marshes near 
Savannah. There was a marked decrease in the number of adults during th 
last week of April, indicating the end of the heavy spring emergence. 
