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CODLING MOTH ( Carppcaosa poiaonella L« ) 
New York C* R, Crosby and assistants, abstract from Weekly News Letter 
N. Y, St, Coll. Agr, June 4, 11, and 25: During the first 
week in the month the- earliest emergence of the codling moth 
adults were observed in Orange, Greene, and Columbia Counties. 
During this week no emergence was observed in the Lake counties. 
By the third week in the month eggs were found in Ulster County 
and general emergence was observed throughout the fruit belt. 
Massachusetts A. I,. Bourne (June 25): Our first codling moth emerged in 
the breeding cages on May 25. In the orchard they were first 
observed on June 5, in the eastern part of the State, by Prof, 
V/hitcomb, and a few days earlier at Amherst. 
Ohio T, H. Parks (June 13): Emergence is now at its height at 
Columbus, and about 50 per cent over. Has been in progress 
since May 18 with most individuals emerging from caged material 
since June 5. Spraying is being done at Columbus this week, 
(June 22): The emergence of- adult codling moths from a field 
cage located at Ironton in southern Ohio as reported by L, A* 
Stearns commenced May 9, and was over except for a few stragglers 
May 24. The emergence from cur screen cage out of doors at 
Columbus commenced May 23 and moths are still emerging June 22; 
80 per cent of the. moths emerged after June 4 with the highest 
emergence June 22. Nights 1 ' were too cool for egg laying until 
June 10 since which they have been favorable. 
Emergence at Oak Harbor (near Toledo) commenced June 8 
with the maximum June 13 and emergence still going on. Spraying 
for central Ohio was advised the week of June 11-16 and for 
Lake Erie Counties June 15-25. 
Indiana Bennet A» Porter (June 20): Eggs started hatching in the 
field about June 1, but did not start hatching in numbers 
until about June 10. The cool, wet weather which has prevailed 
since petal fall has been Unfavorable to . the codling moth. 
Besides being unusually late, the. infestationsare unusually 
light thus far, 
Nebraska M, H, Swenk (May 15-June 15): The spring brood of the 
codling moth ( Carpocausa pomonella ) began its emergence at 
Lincoln, and elsewhere in southeastern Nebraska, on May 23, 
and there were periods of heavy emergence from May 25 to 30, 
and again from June 5 to 15. The first eggs of the first brood 
of 1928 were taken on June 15. 
United States Monthly Letter of the Bureau of Entomology No. 169, May 
1928. Of the 3,000 Ascogaster parasites of the codling moth 
collected at Yakima in 1927, over 4,000 have been distributed 
to other States, two lots each hiving been sent to Colorado 
and California, and one each to Oregon, New Mexico, and 
Arizona*. 
