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SPINACH 
GREEN PEACH APHID ( Myzus persicae Sulz.) 
Few Jersey. M. D. Leonard (April 26): Reported as moderatedly abundant on 
spinach in, Camden and Gloucester Counties. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (April 27): Becoming rather abundant in some fields 
of spinach in the western branch section near Norfolk. 
Arizona. V. E. Romney (April 13): Aphids are spotted in fair numbers, and 
they are found on the tender tips of the seed stocks on sugar beet seed, 
in the Salt River Valley at Phoenix. 
TURNIP 
TURNIP APHID ( R hopal o s iphum pseudobrassicae Davis) 
Tennessee. L. 3. Scott (March): Examinations of young cabbage plants showed 
no infestation. Overwintering turnip plants lightly infested at Clarks- 
ville, in the northwest section. 
Louisiana. P. K. Harrison (April 20): Natural enemies have reduced the popu- 
lation to noninjurious numbers at Baton Rouge. 
STRAWBERRY 
STRAWBERRY LEAP ROLLER ( Ancylis comptana Froel. ) 
Idaho. R. W. Haegele (April l6): Moths observed emerging in large numbers 
and flying over strawberry beds in Gem County. Pupae numerous. Newly 
hatcned larvae could not bo found. 
A WEBWORM ( Acrolophus sp. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (April 27): Root-feeding webworms, identified by 
C. Heinrich as belonging to the genus Acrolophus , have been causing 
considerable damage in three fields of strawberries at Capeville, on 
the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 
FIELD CRICKET ( Gryllus as si m il is P.) 
North Carolina. W. A. Thomas (April 2*0: Black field crickets are giving 
considerable trouble in the strawberry fields at Chadbourn by gxiawing 
immature and ripe fruit. 
Mississippi. H. Gladney (April l'0 : Light injury to strawberries has been 
noted in one field in Jackson Count;-, at Ocean Springs. 
STRAWBERRY WEEVIL ( Anthon omus s ignatus Say) 
Virginia. L. D. Anderson and H. G. Walker (April 27): The strawberry weevil 
is moderately abundant in the northern part of Accomac County and has 
already cut off a few of the strawberry buds. 
