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There was an outbreak near Columbus in 1386 very similar to 
the present one and it was estimated that year that three or 
four thousand acres of pasture was completely destroyed. I 
judge the damage this year will be as great or greater than 
this. We saw patches of pasture destroyed in Delaware County 
about 5 miles north of Delaware and this cutworm present. The 
bacterial disease now working on them will in all likelihood 
prevent a recurrence of the attack next year. Probably very 
few of these worms will pupate. 
B. A. Porter (May 21): More complaints have been received of 
garden cutworms than usual from home gardeners. 
J.J, Davis (May 25): Have been reported as destructive in gar- 
dens since April 30 from Indianapolis, Morgantown, Laporte, and 
Mi shawaka . 
W. P. Flint (May 22): A few reports of cutworm damage have been 
received, but the insects seem to be less numerous than usual. 
All damage thus far noted was to early-planted corn. 
C. J. Drake (May 7): Cutworms are very abundant this spring. 
The W- marked, Hoctua c- nigrum L. , the bronzed, Ilephelodes mini an s 
Guen. , the greasy, Agrotis ypsilon Rott. , and the dingy, Peltia 
subgothica '.Haw., seem to be the more common species. Several 
records have been received from various parts of the State. One 
farmer stated that he found as many as 25 cutworms in a square 
foot of ground near a hill of com. The bronzed cutworm has 
started to pupate. 
L. Baseman (May 1-15): On May 12 most of the bronzed cutworms 
were apparently full-fed. They are widely distributed over the 
central part of the State. Some report them destroying pastures 
much like the armyworm. 
M. H. Swenk (April): The outbreak of the army cutworm, Choriza - 
grotis auxiliaris Grote, reported upon under dates of March 26 
and 31 and April 9, did not result as seriously as the enormous 
number of cutworms present in the winter wheat and alfalfa fields 
threatened, largely owing to the cool, rainy weather that prevail- 
ed over the heavily infested counties during the early part of 
April. The winter wheat in many fields was damaged but, having 
a good root system, continued to grow, while the weather held back 
the activity of the cutworms and in most cases the wheat eventually 
got ahead of the cutworms. In the alfalfa fields there has simply 
been a partial loss of the first cutting of hay, without any im- 
portant killing out of the plants in the old fields. If dry 
weather had prevailed after the damage started the loss would 
undoubtedly have been very severe as the cutworms were exceedingly 
abundant. In one field north of Brandon, in Perkins County, a 
piece of sod measuring 4 by 5 inches was found to harbor 44 cut- 
worms in and under it. Another one, slightly larger, harbored 
close to 60 cutworms. In a field just north of Madrid, Perkins 
