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" PECAN 
PECAN LEAF CASS B3AR2R ( Acre-basis juglandis' Le 3. ) 
Georgia. J. 3. Gill (May 22): The larvae of the pecan leaf case bearer 
have been causing considerable damage to the- buds and foliage in some 
pecan orchards in the vicinity of Tifton. 
FALL V/E3W0RM ( Hyohantria cunea Drury) 
Georgia. 0. I. Snanp (May 2k): Nests of young fall webworms were observed 
on pecan trees at .Fort Valley today. This is unusually early for the 
first seasonal appearance of these insects. Another heavy infestation 
is expected. Last year's infestation in some localities was the heaviest 
I had ever seen. 
J. 3. Gill (May 22): Nests of the fall webworm are now showing u"0 
in pecan orchards and other trees in the vicinit^ of Tifton. 
Mississippi. G, L. 3pnd (May 23): On May 10 a large web of fall webworms 
was noted on a nersimmon tree near Wade. The worms appeared to be 
about half grown. 
PECAN PHYLLOXERA ( Phylloxe ra devastatr ia Perg. ) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): On May 7 county agent L. C. Strahan, of 
Natchez, reported heavy infestations of galls on pecan trees in that 
vicinity. 
A SAUFLY (Per iclista sp. ) 
Mississippi. H. Gladney (May 23): Sawfly larvae / Periclista sp. , have 
caused considerable injury to pecan trees along the coast of Jackson 
County during the past month by eating holes- in the foliage. The 
leaves have the appearance of having been shot with a shot gun. (This 
is probably P.. hicoriae Rohw. ; according to notes on file in- the Insect 
Pest Survey.) 
CITRUS 
GREEN CITRUS APHID ( Aph is spirae. cola Patch)" ' 
Florida. J. R. Watson (May 21): Citrus aohids were very abundant the 
first part of April, which -was' 'very much later than usual. They were 
chiefly on trees that had been more or less injured by the freeze of 
December and were putting out . new growth. The ladybeetle, Leis sp. ,; 
was found in large numbers in the northern part of Orange County and 
was effecting commercial control of . aphids. , . 
