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Pennsylvania H. ". r/orthley (May 12).: She following is the development of 
the overvdnter ing "brood: 
County 
Date Per cent pupated 
Lawr ence 
Erie 
m 
April 
2o 
April 
27 
April 
11 
137 
~7 
"ay 
12 
' 
Blair April 25 1° 
10 
25 
20 
25 
South J. 0. Pepper (May lo): Many apples in Oconee County are being 
Carolina stung at the present tine and a few contain worms. 
Illinois "<i. P. Flint Clay 23): The cool wet weather of the spring has 
greatly delayed the emergence of the spring -brood adults of the 
codling moth. Examinations nia.de in orchards in central and 
southern Illinois between hay 17 and 20 showed that 25 per cent 
or less of the overwintering moths had emerged. Nearly 5° per cent 
--•ere in the pupal ste^e and will undoubtedly produce adults within 
a short tine should the weather turn -''arm. Over 20 per cent "rere 
still in the larval stage. This condition brings about a peculiar 
situation in the orchards, as where orchards were sprayed accord- 
ing to regular schedule fruit would not receive adequate protec- 
tion at the time whsn the main first-brood larvae were hatching. 
In southern Illinois emergence starred on April 2D and will proba- 
bly continue well up to the middle of June. 
Missouri L. Kaseman (iipril 2Z): a heavy brood of apple worms went into 
hibernation, but the birds and diseases have reduced their num- 
bers immensely and at this time even in the orchards badly inr 
fested last year the worms and pupae are difficult to find, i^upa- 
tion at Cape Girardeau began on March 30, and the first emergence 
of moths occurred on April 13, and on April 25 approximately 20 
nor cent of the larvae in the breeding cages had pupated. In 
Buchanan County approximately 30 per- cent of the larvae had pupa- 
ted on April 25. 
L. Haseman (May 2'-+) : The codling moth is emerging with much ir- 
regularity this summer. Breeding cage records from the southern 
- part of the State showed first moth emergence at about the nor- 
mal date as compared with the development of apple blossoms and 
young fruit. In central Missouri the first emergence ^as from two 
to four weeks late, being a week later at Columbia than at either 
Kansas City or St. Joseph. The first moth e merged at Columbia 
on May 21. This irregularity and late emergence will increase 
the difficulty of keeping the fruit protect': ' the worms. 
In the southern part of the State the moths have been emerging 
Quite rcgularljr over a period of a month and have thus far shoved 
no signs of reaching a peak of emergence. Approximately 2o pen" 
cent of the moths had emerged at the end of the ^arst month of 
emergence. Excessive rainfall is also interfering with the ef- 
