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MORMON CRICKET ( Anabrus . simplex Ha Id. ) 
Idaho C. Wakeland (June 24): Crickets were first discovered this 
year when they were found making their way to agricultural land 
on irrigation water out of the Fort Hall Canal. Traced to their 
source it was found that they were migrating from range land on 
the east side of the canal in very large numbers. Steps were 
immediately taken by the residents of that section and canal 
barriers erected and trenches dug. For three weeks volunteers 
turned out in large numbers constructing hand-dug trenches, es- 
timated to be at least 40 miles in length. On the bottoms 
of these trenches pits were dug for trapping the crickets. As 
long as soil was moist trenches proved to be almost entirely 
effective but when the soil surface dried in some of the soil 
types they could crawl Up the sides freely and escaoe. In the 
fight that has been waged there have been literally hundreds 
of thousands, possibly millions, of crickets lei lied, yet there 
are countless hordes remaining. Ho great damage has been done 
to cultivated crops, primarily, I believe, because of the cool, 
moist weather conditions and the abundance of succulent vege- 
tation on their native range. The first adults were found on 
June 14. We have found, large bands of crickets in Bingham 
County on the Indian Reservation, in Bonneville County in the 
dry- forming area, and in Fremont County. Two more outbreaks 
were reported in Elmore and Ada Counties. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus assimilis Fab.) 
North .Dakota J. A. Munro (June 18): Newly hatched nymphs of the common 
black field cricket were noticed at Fargo during the first 
week of June. Their -abundance at this time indicates that they 
will prove a troublesome pest this season. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
Wisconsin E. L. Chambers and assistants (June): Cutworms were reported 
as seriously damaging a wide variety of crops early in June. 
The main center of infestation was in a band extending from 
Marinette and Door Counties southwestward to Crawford County, 
with another area across the northwestern part of the State. 
North Dakota J. A. Munro (liny- 1 31): Just had a telephone call from the 
County Extension Agent at Williston stating that cutworms had 
completely destroyed a 70-acre field of wheat near Williston, 
Williams County. From his description I judged that they were 
the pale western cutwp rm . (Po ro sagro t i s orthogonia Morr. ). The 
County Extension Agent at McXenzi e County also reports the 
prevalence of this species. (June 18): Many reports of seri- 
ous injury by the pale western cutworm have been received from 
Mountrail, Williams, McKenzic, and other western counties. Few 
reports of cutworm injury have been received from the eastern 
part of the State. 
