INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Volume 8 May ljl928 No. 3 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR APRIL, 1928 
As a whole, the entomological season is late, undoubtedly because 
of the delayed spring. 
The Asiatic "beetle (A nomala oriental is '"aterh, ) is becoming in- 
creasingly troublesome in Connecticut and southern Long Island, Thirty- 
eight thousand pounds of carbon disulphide has been used in treating 
lawns for the control of this pest. Larvae resumed feeding on grass roots 
on April 17, about two weeks earlier than last year. 
Cutworm injury, as a whole, is not so serious as at this time last 
year. This may be due to the late season, however. Reports of damage to 
field crops have been reported from Kansas and Nebraska, and to truck from 
North Carolina and Mississippi, 
The European red mite is again being reported in serious numbers 
in the northeastern States, westward to Ohio. The infestations in New York 
State, however, are somewhat lighter than usual. 
Aphids in general are less abundant than last year. The apple aphid 
and the apple- grain aphid were appearing early in April in New England and 
New York State, The rosy apple aphids, however, did not appear until about 
the middle of the month in this region, and then in very small numbers. 
The oriental fruit moth appeared for the first time on April 25, 
in the Fort V a lley region of Georgia. This late start will undoubtedly 
reduce the number of generations for this year. 
The spotted cucumber beetle is reported .is destructive over a 
very wide territory. Heavy infestations have been reported in corn from 
Texas, and the adult beetles have been feeding on foliage and blossoms 
of peach in Georgia. Damage to truck crops was reported from Alabama and 
the western species ( Diabrot ica soror ) was very seriously damaging young 
clover in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. 
The first plum curculio eggs were observed in the Fort Valley 
section of Georgia April 6, this year. Last season they "'ere found on March 
25, This would indicate that only a single generation of the curculio 
will appear in this region during the coming season. Though considerable 
jarring has been done in southern Illinois no adults were observed up to 
April 18, 
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