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INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 

Vol. 13 _. , U/ October 1, 1933 No. 8 
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{ 5\ TIE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR SEPTELIBER, 1933 
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By the middle of September adults of the Japanese "beetle had dwindled 
to insignificant numbers. There was a general reduction of beetle populations 
in the older infested area over those of 1932. 
Lurim: the latter part of September the pink boll worm was found in the 
vicinity of Enigma, Ga. This is the first time this insect has appeared in 
Georgia. 
During September weather conditions over much of the chinch-bug belt 
were favorable for this insect. By the middle of the month about three 
fourths of the bugs had reached the winred stage and heavy flights were oc- 
curring. Unless weather conditions are unfavorable for this insect next 
soring a serious outbreak will occur in the eastern part of the belt. 
Prom surveys made by State workers the European corn borer has been found 
in 15 additional townships and 7 additional counties in ?v r isconsin this year. 
Last year it was found to be infesting 3 fields in 3 counties. 
A European weevil, Sitona cylindricollis Fab., which is a minor pest of 
alfalfa and sweet clover in Europe, has been recorded for the first time in 
this country from Middlebury, Vt . , where it was causing injury to seedling 
plants of sweet clover this spring and has continued to feed on the foliage 
throughout the summer. The insect is also reported from Connecticut, New 
York, and Massachusetts by R. Copple of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 
The velvetbean caterpillar has been defoliating soybeans in a few local- 
ities in Louisiana and badly ragging velvetbeans in parts of Florida. 
The codling moth is more abundant throughout the New England, Middle 
Atlantic, East Central, and West Central States than in 1932. Considerable 
late injury occurred throughout most of this region and there are prospects 
of a heavy carry-over of larvae. 
The bumble flower beetle has increased to rather unusual numbers in the 
Northeastern States from Vermont to Minnesota and southward to Virginia. 
The caterpillar fiomalopal-Qi a dalera Dyar has been quite generally injurious 
to papayas during the month, as was also the papaya fruit fly in Florida. 
A serious outbreak of the screw-worm fly in Florida and Georgia developed 
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