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Colorado. C. R. Jones (March 26): Numerous requests have come to this 
office for control of this pest, 
TARNISHED PLANT BUG "( Lygus prat ens is L. ) ■ 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 2k) : This "bug is on wing, visiting fruit "buds 
and "blossoms literally "by the millions throughout central Missouri. 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( Carp o caps a pomonella L. ) 
New York. D. W. Hamilton (March 26): Notwithstanding the lower -tempera- 
tures this year in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County (-22 P. , as com- 
pared to k in previous years), larval mortality under "bands appears 
to "be low. Snow covered the ground over longer periods than in the 
winter of 1936-37. which may have caused more larvae to "be destroyed 
"by "birds. While the percentage of infested fruit was somewhat lower 
in this region in 1937 than it was in 193&. i* should "be remembered 
that the crop was unusually large. At this time it is estimated 
that the overwintering larvae per tree in most orchards' .is ahout the 
same as it was last spring. 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (March 23): The season is unusually early and 
the apples are well advanced. Early varieties are in full delayed 
dormant stage. Pupation of overwintered larvae is 1 percent. In 
1937 transformation did not begin until "between April l6 and 26. 
Georgia. C. H. Alden (March 2k); . Overwintering larvae are "beginning to 
pupate at Cornelia. About 25 percent of the larvae are dead and 
appear to have "been killed "by a fungus. 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (March 31) : The mortality of overwintering larvae 
was low and practically none was found dead in orchards in Crawford 
County. More larvae went into winter quarters than have "been ob- 
served for several years, indicating a large first "brood of moths in 
western Wisconsin. 
Missouri and Kansas. H. Baker (March 23): Recent observations in orchards 
in northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri indicate that larvae 
came through the mild, open winter with a minimum of mortality m d 
that they are unusually abundant. Several growers have noted the fact 
that birds were relatively scarce in orchards during the winter. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (March 29): Larvae of the codling moth were reported 
"by R. L. Parker to "be ahundant during the winter in Doniphan County. 
Mortality is low. 
