INSECT FEST SURVEY B U iPniZ T I N 
Vol. 13 November 1, 1933 No. 9 
THE MORS IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR OCTOBER, 1933 
The general situation regarding grasshoppers in the Great Plains- has 
not materially changed since September. However, local outbreaks developed 
in Nebraska and threatening populations were observed in parts of Nevada 
and Colorado. 
Unusual damage to lawns by the green June beetle was reported in cities 
in Maryland and Kentucky. 
The Asiatic garden beetle is much more numerous on Long Island than it 
was at this time last year. 
A severe outbreak of the wheat wireworm developed late in the season in 
Vermont. : 
Populations of chinch bugs in late summer were so extensive that ento- 
mologists of the East-Central and West-Central States held a conference dur- 
ing the month to organize for a possible control campaign next spring and 
siommer. 
The codling moth situation has not materially changed since our last 
report, but the San Jose scale has been observed; in increasing numbers from 
the New England States to Georgia, and in Wisconsin. 
The tomato pinworm is again appearing in troublesome numbers in south- 
eastern Pennsylvania. In addition to damaging tomatoes grown under glass, 
it heavily infested numerous outdoor plantings. 
The pine needle scale has been found unusually abundant from the New 
England States westward through Ohio to Wisconsin. 
During the month the gladiolus thrips was collected far the first time 
in Colorado. 
Serious damage by the tortricid leaf tier Platynota stultana Wals. was 
reported from a large commercial rose-growing plant in northern Virginia. 
Prom 10 to 15 percent of the new growth was damaged. This is apparently the 
first record of this insect east of Mexico and California. 
worm 
The screw/situation in Texas is much more serious than it was last month, 
Throughout the Gulf coast district this insect is reported as being more 
abundant than it has been in several years. 
Stable flies were so numerous in the northwestern part of Florida that 
cattle spent the daylight hours in ponds and streams to avoid their bites, 
which resulted in materially reducing the milk production. 
