INSECTS INFESTING HOUSES A N D .."'? E E M I S E S 
EUROPEAN EART7IG ( Forficul a auri cular ia L„) 
New York E« P, Felt (August 3)' Regarding the earwig infestation at East 
Aurora, an examination last week showed the insect to "be present, 
in one case at least, in considerable numbers and apparently somevfoat 
widely distributed in the village, though no general complaint 
has been made and it is quite probable that many simply overlook 
the insect* There were very few about the premises originally 
reported as infested, though th£ee blocks away there was a very 
considerable colony unier the loose bark of an elm log kept as a 
trap. The insects appear to be more troublesome by getting into 
the house or on the laundry than on account of injuries to plants. 
Oregon Oregon Daily Journal, Portland, (July 31)' After having covered 
approximately half of the territory within the city limits of 
Albany with earwig poison during an "anti-earwig" campaign last 
week, local people have launched a second and "follow-up" campaign 
which will aim toward covering the entire city and killing earwigs 
hatched out since. The poison will be sold at cost at the city 
hall, under auspices of the City Government. More than 1,000 pounds 
of earwig poison was distributed to local people during the last 
campaign. 
BOOK LICE (Atropidae) 
Ohio % H* Parks (August T3) : Letters from Dayton and Cambridge report 
houses rover run with these insects. Specimens were submitted August 
14 and 15. Superheating is being attempted to eradicate them. 
■TERMITES 
Mississippi Re W» Harned (July 30) : Termites were taken on soybeans at Holly 
Springs on July 21 by T. F„ McGehee. 
COCKROACHES 
Kansas Jo W« McColloch (August l): Cockroaches have been giving considerable 
trouble in a few houses at Manhattan and in a cafeteria at Topeka. 
EUROPEAN CRICKET ( Gryllus domesticus L. ) 
Illinois \7 e P„ Flint (August IS): An outbreak of the European cricket 
occurred in Joliet, the outbreak apparently originating from a 
city dunrpj which was overgrown with weeds, where garbage of various 
kinds had been accumulating. The crickets invaded near-by houses 
and caused more or less annoyance. 
CARPENTER BEE (Xrlocopa vir^ini ca Drury) 
Kansas J„ W, McColloch (July 18): Specimens of this bee were received from 
a farm near lawrenee with the information that they were seriously 
undermining the rafters in the farm buildings. 
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