INSECT PEST SURVEY 3 U L I E T I I 
Vol. 15 June 1, 1935 No. h 
THE MORE IMPORTS RECORDS FOR MY 1935 
During the third week in May grasshopper eggs started hatching in Wis- 
c onsin, Minnesota, and Wyoming. About the middle of the month vast swarms 
ci these insects were invading southern Mexico, apparently flying in from 
Guatemala. 
Cutworm damage is reported as generally severe over a large part of 
the country, severe damage "being reported from the Great Basin and from 
California. 
Armyworm out "breaks, following heavy flights of moths, are reported 
from Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois westward to Nebraska anbNQklahcma. 
Control methods for the protection of crops from these insects nave been 
found necessary in parts of California. 
Heavy infestations of grapes ay the white-lined sphinx are reported 
from several points in central California.. 
A very heavy migration of the painted lady butterfly attracted con- 
siderable attention i;i Colorado and Utah, The moths, moving in a generally 
northward direction, were subsequently reported in Idaho. 
Heavy defoliation of many kinds of tree:- by June beetles occurred in 
the ITorth, Middle, and South Atlantic States westward to Minnesota and Kansas, 
Over the area, from Indiana westward to Missouri and Oklahoma tho 
hessian fly population is apparently increasing. 
Chinch bug infestations were reported throughout the East Central 
States and westward to Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. 
Infestations of alfalfa and winter peas by the pea aphid are reported 
from Mississippi and Michigan, and westward to ITevada and the Pacific North- 
we st . 
The alfalfa weevil has been found in two new localities in California 
and one new locality in Nevada. In California tho population is very low. 
