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ALMQND 
^ESTZBZ: TENT CATERPILLAR ( Mai aco soma pluvial is Dyr.r) 
California A. E. Michelbacher (April 19): Around Antioch the western 
tent caterpillar does not seem to "be as destructive as it 
was a year ago. Some can "be found throughout the area on 
almonds, "but no excessive damage is being done. 
CLOVER MITE ( Bryobia praetiosa Koch) 
California F. H. ^ymore (April 11): The brown or almond mite has 
been reported as doing considerable feeding on prunotfoliage 
about Winters and Davis. Many adults have been present in 
the orchards for the past two weeks while to date only about 
three- fourths of the overwintering eggs have hatched, thus 
indicating that many adult mites have emerged from hiberna- 
tion. 
PECAN 
HICKORY SHUCK 3OTM ( Laspeyresia caryana Fitch) 
Georgia J. £. Gill (April 25): From breeding cages on material 
collected in the winter and kept out of doors, adults of 
the pecan shuck worm have been emerging in numbers since 
the middle of April. 
PECAN CIGAR CASE BEARER ( Cplcophora caryaefoliella Clem.) 
Georgia J. B. Gill (April 25): The overwintering larvae of the 
pecan cigar case bearer are now moving out on the expanding 
foliage of pecan trees. The infestation is quite light in the 
pecan orchards of southern Georgia. 
PECAN LEAF CASE BEARER ( Acrobasi s Palliolella Rag. ) 
Georgia J. B. Gill (April 25): 7ith the bursting of buds on pecan 
trees, the larvae of the pecan leaf case- bearer have been 
leaving their hiberr.acula to gnaw into the buds and upon the 
'expanding leaves. 
PECAN BUEMQTH ( Gretch ena belli ana Sling. ) 
Georgia J. 3. Gill (April 25): Occasional adults of the pecan bud- 
moth are encountered in the pecan orchards of southern 
Georgia. 
