INSECT PEST. S U H 7. E Y BULLETIN 
Vol. 13 June 1, 1933 No. 4 
THE MOaE IMPOHTANT HECORD3 FOa'MAY, 1933 
Outbreaks of the Mormon, cricket are reported from parts of Idaho, Montana, 
and Washington. 
Cutworms were reported from practically, the entire country as doing the 
usual ; - *x>ring damage. 
The chinch bug appeared in unusually heavy numbers from central Missouri to 
northeastern and central Oklahoma. In the more eastern part of the chinch bug 
belt from Ohio to Illinois very heavy rains during May materially reduced the 
numbers. There probably will be some trouble north of the normal range; as these 
insects seem to have passed the winter very successfully in Minnesota., Iowa., and 
South Dakota. 
The corn ear worm appeared in destructive numbers over the Southern States 
from North Carolina, to Florida and Mississippi. Over much of this territory it is 
badly damaging tomatoes and corn, and in North Carolina it is destroying half- 
grown peaches. To a lesser degree it is damaging a wide variety of crops. 
Fruit aphids continued to be quite generally scarce over the greater part of 
the-. country. The rosy apple aphid, however, was occasioning some concern in the 
South Atlantic and South-Central States. 
The eastern tent caterpillar was generally prevalent from Maine to Maryland, 
defoliating roadside trees and neglected orchards. 
The warm weather in May resulted in heavy emergence of the plum curculio in 
the Middle Atlantic States. In the Southeastern States infestation was generally 
light. 
The Mexican bean beetle has been found at Monticello, Fla. , which is the 
first record for this State. It has also been found in southern Mississippi. 
These records are of particular interest, as this insect has made practically no 
advance southward since its original introduction into northern Alabama in 1919. 
The bean leaf beetle was generally damaging beans in the South Atlantic and 
South Central States westward to Texas. 
Heavy damage to alfalfa by the pea aphid was reported from Maryland to Kansas. 
Similar reports were received from the Pacific Coast. 
The tobacco flea beetle was generally prevalent from Virginia and North Caro- 
lina westward to Kentucky and Tennessee. 
An outbreak of the Douglas fir caterpillar was reported from the Lake Talioe 
district in Nevada. The' last outbreak of "this insect in this district was re- 
recorded 5 years ago. 
accent surveys in Connecticut and New. York State, indicate that the European 
pine shoot moth has increased in abundance and in some reforested areas it is a 
serious factor. 
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