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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (JLcrididae) 
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Wisconsin. E. L. Chancers (July 23): Only about 75 percent hatched. Very little 
crop damage, mostly in the northwestern quarter of the State. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (July 25): Grasshoppers present in no more than usual numbers, 
and no injury expected in any part of the State. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 26): Quite a few cases reported of ■ grasshopper 
abundance in vegetable and flower gardens, but no conspicuous outbreaks 
in the State. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (July 23): Grasshoppers have decreased greatly during the 
last month, owing to frequent and heavy rains. Present indications aro 
that very little damage will occur in Illinois. 
Michigan. Michigan Extension News (June): Control operations are under way in 
a number of counties in the northern half of the Lower Peninsula. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles and assistants (July): Grasshoppers are moderately to 
very abundant generally throughout the State. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July 20): The population is quite heavy in western and south- 
western Iowa, but moro than normal numbers of hoppers occur here and there 
throughout the State. Most of the damage up to the present has been dono 
by the two-striped grasshopper ( Melanoplus bivittatus , Say), but the lesser 
migratory (M. mexicanus Sauss.) and the differential grasshopper (M. differ- 
entially , Thos.), also occur in destructive numbers. Timely rains have 
destroyed large numbers of newly hatched hoppers throughout most of the 
State. Unusually large numbers of hoppers supported by wild growth, thus 
being kept out of cultivated crops. 
H, E. Jaques (July 2^): The grasshopper situation is serious along 
much of the western border of Iowa. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 23): Grasshoppers have continued to be abundant but 
scattered throughout the State during the month. The lesser migratory 
species is much less abundant than a year ago and in the vicinity of 
Columbia largely gone. Two-striped hoppers have been attracting greatest 
attention up to the present and are now mostly mature, with fully developed 
eggs. The differential grasshopper is beginning to mature, although most 
of them are still in the nymphal stage. The common Carolina locust 
(Dissosteira Carolina L. ) is maturing in the vicinity of Columbia and promises 
to be as abundant as it was a year ago. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (July 22): Plight dispersal of the more migratory forms 
is commonly observed in practically all parts of the State. The migrations 
are especially pronounced in the south-central and southwestern areas. In 
general, the flights have been mainly in a northwestern direction, although 
flights in other directions have occurred on warm days with the prevailing 
wind currents. Observations made in the south-central area on July 2 
showed the predominating species to be M. mexicanus . while inspection in 
the same locality 2 weeks later showed a marked shift in species, owing 
