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Overwintering larvae of codling moth were beginning to pupate in 
Georgia and Delaware during the third week in March. This insect seems to 
'have passed the winter successfully over most of the country. 
The *first pupa of oriental fruit moth was observed in Georgia on 
March 19. In Delaware, 28 percent of the larvae had transformed by March 23. 
Plum curculio adults began to appear in the Port Valley section of 
Georgia on March h and in marauding numbers by the middle of the month. They 
were beginning to appoar in numbers by March 23 in Albemarle County, Va. 
Green citrus aphid was numerous in central Florida during the first 
week in March. By the middle of the month, however, the infestation had sub- 
sided, apparently owing to large populations of the Chinese ladybeetle (Leis 
dimidiatus F. \ 
The vegetable weevil was abundant enough in tobacco plant beds in 
Georgia and Florida to necessitate control neasures. Rather severe damage to 
turnips is reported from Mississippi and Louisiana. The weevil was also re- 
ported damaging cover crops in southern California. 
During the third week in March a very heavy infestation by harlequin 
bug was observed on cabbage and mustard in the Chadbourn district of North 
Carolina. ' The first individuals of these insects were observed in the Nor- 
folk district of Virginia during the fourth week in the month. This insect 
is also reported as quite numerous throughout southeastern Oklahoma. 
Rather heavy infestations of tobacco flea beetles were reported from 
Tennessee during the third week in March. The insect was reported from South 
Carolina and Virginia, but little damage has been done. 
Very large numbers of male . cankerworm moths have been observed in 
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. Heavy stripping of foliage of apple 
trees is reported from Oklahoma and this insect is also recorded as emerging 
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. 
The outbreak of Bpinotia me ri tana Heinr. , first recorded last year in 
the Powell National Forest, Utah, appears to be as heavy, if not heavier, 
than it was last year. 
A very heavy infestation of sandflies in the vicinity of Savannah, 
Ga. , was reported this year. It is said to be the most serious outbreak in 
the last 5 years. 
During the third week in March several specimens of dog ticks were 
collected from different localities on Marthas Vineyard Island in Massachusetts. 
Cattle grubs are reported as being more abundant than during the last 
3 years in Iowa. Dropping of the grubs is somewhat earlier than usual in 
Georgia and Missouri. 
Buffalo gnats are causing some trouble in parts of Mississippi, al- 
though the situation is not as serious as in 1933* 
