INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 17 May 1, 1937 No. 3 
THE MORS IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR APRIL 
From northern Indiana and Illinois westward to Montana and Okla- 
homa grasshopper 'eggs appear to have passed the winter in good condition, 
with prospects of mode rate- to-heavy infestation over limited areas in 
many parts of the territory. The first records of hatching were made in 
Montana on April 21 and in Utah on April 17. 
Mormon crickets were hatching during the second and third weeks 
in April in Montana, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada. 
Wireworms were reported as doing some damage in Idaho and south- 
eastern ViTashington. 
During the second week in the month first flights of May beetles 
occurred in Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. Adults were 
also recorded later in the month from Iowa and Kansas. 
The usual spring records on cutworm activity are "being received 
from Florida to Michigan and westward to Missouri and Kansas. Reports 
have also "been received from the Great Basin and the Pacific coast. In 
California considerable damage to tomatoes was reported from the southern 
part of the State. 
In general, hessian fly infestation is very low. 
Cold, wet weather held the chinch bug in hibernation in the East 
Central States. These insects are quite prevalent from Ohio to Nebraska, 
and southward to Kansas. 
Severe damage to winter wheat by false wireworms was reported from 
western Nebraska and Kansas. 
Rather heavy infestations of wheat by mites were reported from 
Kansas and Oklahoma. In the latter State considerable injury was observed, 
The pea aphid is considerably more abundant on alfalfa and peas in 
the Norfolk section of Virginia than usual. It was rlso reported from 
Louisiana, Kansas, and Utah. 
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