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(August 20): The squash vine borer is very serious this year in 
Suffolk County and was found on one farm in Nassau County. 
Maryland. '"3. N. Cory "(August -7): The squash borer is attacking Hubbard 
squash in Baltimore County. 
Illinois. L. H. Shropshire. (August 20): The squash vine borer has been 
abundant and very destructive to plantings of Hubbard squash in 
northern Illinois. 
Nebraska. M. H. Sv/enk (Augast 15): The squash vine borer has been 
troublesome in Folk County. 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY ROOT APHID (Aphis forbesi Weed. ) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (August 20): The strawberry root aphid and 
its attendant ant are abundant and apparently doing considerable 
damage around Chadbourn. They are apparently more in evidence this 
season than last year. 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG- ( Lygus pratensis I.) 
Ohio. E. W. Mendcnho.il (August 10): In some strawberry plantations near 
Lancaster, Fairfield County, tarnished plant bugs are quite abundant. 
PEFPER 
PEPPER WEEVIL ( Anthonomus eu^enii Cano) 
California. J. C. Elmore (July 31): The pepper weevil is very abundant 
in Orange County, where from 25 to 95 percent of the pepper crop is 
damaged. Temperatures higher than normal during the winter, followed 
by an early spring, have contributed to this heavy infestation. 
Since 1°/2U, there have been U years of this type so far as pepper 
weevil damage is concerned. They were 1926 , 1922, IQ3I , and I93U, 
a'll characterized by a lack of low minimum temperatures with super- 
normal spring temperatures. The area was cleaned up of host plants 
(peppers and nightshade) during the winter and now has only slight 
infestation. 
