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VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Listroderes obliquus Gyll. ) 
J. M. Robinson (April 20): The vegetable weevils have 
been doing damage since middle of March at Auburn. Adults 
abundant but no larvae at this time. 
C. Lyle and assistants (April): This insect continued to 
be troublesome throughout the month over the greater part of 
the State. (Abstract, J.A.H. ) 
M. M. High (April 6): During the past three weeks this 
weevil has been found in Ashely and Chicot Counties. 
M. M. High (April 6): During the past three weeks this 
weevil has been found in 18 additional parishes in Louisiana 
as follows: Vernon, Sabine, Natchitoches, Grant, Winn, 
Caldwell, Ouachita, Moorehouse, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, 
Bienville, Claiborne, Webster, Bossier, De Soto, Red River, 
and Caddo. One wild host plant was taken in Louisiana during 
the last week of March. This leaves only 2 parishes in 
Louisiana unrecorded as infested, and I feel sure these have 
the weevil. 
Texas 
Alabama 
Alabama 
M. M. High (April 6): During the past three weeks this 
weevil has been found in Harrison County. 
BANDED CUCTJHBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica balteata Lee . ) 
K. L. Cockerham (April 6): Found very numerous on young 
corn in one field near Foley. As man*' as two or three beetles 
to a stalk were found and the corn showed considerable evidence 
of their feeding. (April 11): Noted atta.cid.ng turnips and 
Irish potatoes. They were particularly numerous on turnips. 
SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata Fab. ) 
K. L. Cockerham (April 11): This insect was found attacking 
Irish potatoes and turnips at Foley, but it wasn't so abundant 
as D. balteata. 
Mississippi 
J. M. Robinson (April 20): The spotted cucumber beetle is 
moderately abundant at Auburn. 
C. Lyle and assistants (April); The spotted cuciimber beetle 
is appearing in large numbers throughout practically all parts 
of the State, both adults and larvae doing considerable damage 
to gardens, particularly in the southern half of the State. 
(Abstract, J.A.H.) 
STATE PLANT 80A»r 
