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UBRARY 
STATE PLANT BOARD 
INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 12 November 1, 1932 No. 9 
THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR OCTOBER, 1932 
In the (julf region Schistocerc a americana Drury appeared, in very unusual 
numbers. 
White grub injury in parts of New England,, tlie: Middle Atlantic, and .the- 
Central States continued well into October. . Serious damage to potatoes has 
been reported from Vermont, and to rye and wheat in parts of Nebraska. 
■ In southern Illinois, parts "of Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma, the chinch 
bug is entering hibernation in large numbers, indicating possible trouble from 
this pest next year. 
The sorghum webworm was reported from scattered localities in the Gulf re- 
gion and was found damaging stored corn for the first time in many years in 
Nebraska. 
The banded cucumber beetle is decidedly on the Increase in the eastern 
part of its range in South Carolina and Florida, where it is reported doinf 
considerable damage to fall truck. 
The Mexican bean beetle has spread westward in Illinois so that it now 
occupies the central part of the State from 30 to 50 miles from the Indiana 
State line, and is well established over' the southern quarter of Michigan. 
The harlequin bug made its first appearance in southeastern Iowa in 
October. It is quite generally reported as more or less troublesome along the 
northern border of its normal range. 
A few specimens of living pink bollworms were ^ound at three points in 
northern Florida near the southern part of the main cotton belt and appropriate 
quarantine restrictions have been issued by the Department. This pest is re- 
ported as more abundant than ever before in the known infested area of the 
Big Bend of Texas. 
Two additional reports of heavy outbreaks of walkingsticks defoliating 
small forest areas were received during October, one from Pennsylvania and the 
other from Ohio. 
• An unprecedented outbreak of the screw worm was reported during the month 
from the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta in Mississippi, occasioning some loss to live- 
stock. 
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