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• GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (March 19): Numerous specimens of noneconomic forms 
of grasshoppers have been received from farmers in western counties during 
the past winter. Conditions to date appear to have "been ideal for the 
overwintering eggs of the economic species. 
South Dakota. H. C. Severin (March): In South Dakota we have had much wind 
and blowing of soil. In some areas the soil has blown to such an extent 
as to expose many grasshopper eggs, which have dried out and died. Along 
fences the soil has sometimes accumulated and buried the eggs from a few 
inches to 2 feet or more. However, there are plenty of eggs that are pass- 
ing the winter successfully. The winter has been exceptionally mild and 
dry. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (March 24): Some nymphs are showing up. (These are 
probably noneconomic species. J. A. H.) 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (March 19): Grasshoppers are moderately to very abundant 
in northeastern, northern, and western Nebraska. From Chase County comes 
the report that in the Frenchman Valley grasshoppers have lived over the 
winter, and that during the second week in March they v/ere eating around 
the edges of the wheat for a depth up to 25 feet. This probably refers to 
Chortophaga viridifasciata DeG. , the green-striped grasshopper, or to 
species of Arphia or Pardalophora. 
Arizona., C. D. Lebert (March 9): Young grasshoppers were reported as being 
very numerous on 80 acres of alfalfa east of Gilbert, a short crop of 
alfalfa having been badly riddled. (March 21): Melanoplus mexicanus Sauss. 
are hatching by the thousands on ditch banks and fence rows in the Mesa- 
Chandler area. They are confined almost entirely to Bermuda grass along 
fence rows and ditch banks at present. Control measures are being practiced 
in this area. 
Wyoming. C. L, Corkins (March 20): Grasshoppers have wintered normally and 
are very abundant. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March 21): No grasshoppers have been observed as yet. 
MORMON CRICKET (Anabrus simplex Hald.) 
United States. Division of Cereal and Forage Insects (March 2): In Idaho, an 
outbreak of this pest has been in progress on the Fort Hall Indian 
Reservation at Blackfoot for the past two years. The Bureau of Entomology, 
the Idaho State authorities, and the Indian Service have succeeded thus far 
in keeping this outbreak under control but it again threatens to be a 
serious problem in the spring of 1934. Another outbreak is forming near 
Idaho Falls and St. Anthony, Idaho. In Montana a serious condition due 
to this insect pest has appeared on the Crow Indian Reservation near the 
Pryor Mountains where the insects are beginning to invade privately owned 
lands. A burvey made by State authorities in the summer of 1933 showed 
that 120,000 acres of land on the Crow Reservation was infested with the 
