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TRUCK- ORG P INSECTS 
SEED CORN MAGGOT ( Hylemyia cilicrura Rond. ) 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (July 18): The seed corn maggot is very abundant 
on "beans. 
Wisconsin E. L, Chambers (July 18): The;' seed corn maggot is scarce. 
Doin* damage "to a 5-acre field of lima beans ?nd causing 
replanting. 
Towa C.. J. Drake (July 23): The seed corn .maggot is moderately 
abundant, on onions at . Davenport. 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (June 15-30): The seed corn maggot was reported 
, attacking planted tean seeds to a serious extent in Scotts 
' Bluff County during the last week in June. 
'BLISTER BEETLES (Meloidae) 
O.'I. Snapp (July 24): About two acres of soy beans at' 
Marshallville are rather heavily infested by Epicauta vittata 
Fab. The area is being sprayed in an effort to check the 
spread.' . 
E. W. Mendenhall (July 9): Ma crobasis unicolor Kby. is 
quite bad on Clematis vines planted about homes in New Lebanon, 
Montgomery County. 
J.' J. Davis (July 25): Blister beetle ( Epicauta spp.) 
are apparently more abundant than for several years. 
".'. A. Price (July 25): Several requests have come 
recently for information on the control of blister beetles. 
H. E. Jaques' (July 25): Blister beetles (E, vittata ) 
are doing heavy' destruction in Davis and Taylor Counties. 
L. Haseman (July 26): Along with the epidemic of grasshoppers 
there isswe also appeared during the month unusual swarms of 
blister beetles. Lrte potatoes, toma.toes, and other garden 
crops have been seriously damaged, particularly during the 
-latter part of the month. 
. .M. H. Swenk (July 15-30): During the last few days in June 
. E„ . maculata Say appeared in abundance in the vicinity of 
Scott sbluff, in some cases stripping the potato and tonrto 
vines. 
Mississippi F. A. Smith (July 17): The blister beetles are very abundant 
on eggplant, cantaloupe, and tomatoes, in East Tate County. 
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