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G E II ^ H A 1 FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
South Carolina. W. J. Reid, jr. (October 15): Molanoplus femur- rub run DeG. has 
done severe damage to young cabbage and turnip plants on experimental insect 
control plots at Charleston, The injury is most severe on areas adjoining 
hay fields and along ditch banks. The insects are more abundant than usual 
this fall. 
Michigan. R. H. Pettit (October 22); Grasshoppers were numerous in the Upper 
Peninsula and in the upper third of the Lower Peninsula., The common one in 
the Upper Peninsula was M. bivittatus Say, while the common ones in the Lower 
Peninsula were Camnula pellucida Scudd. end M. me Tic anus Sauss. They were 
controlled where treated but there is so much wild land in both of these places 
that a good many escaped. 
Mississippi and Alabama. K. L. Cockerham (October 18): On this date a great 
horde of Schistocerca americana Drury were found flying across a suburban farm 
at Biloxi. It was the largest flight that I have seen in this section. They 
were flying high through the tops of the trees and going in a general northerly 
direction with the prevailing wind. Ho evidence of "feeding damage was noticed 
and when the insect alighted on the trees, weeds, grass, etc., they did not 
appear to feed but only to remain until a gust of wind or some other disturb- 
ance caused them to take to the air again. The flight could not be traced very 
far from this, small farm; and the people liad not noticed any grasshopper nymphs 
during the early part of the fall or summer. Messrs. 0. T. Deen and P. A. 
Wright report this insect very plentiful in Hancock County, Miss. Unverified. 
reports state that in some sections it was necessary to raise car windows to 
keep the insects from flying into the cars as they were moving along the road. 
Cn October 20 some of the same species were noted in the extreme southern end 
of Mobile County, Alabama. The distance from the western Mississippi obser- 
vation to the Alabama observation was at least 75 miles. There was evidently 
a considerable distribution of these insects and a considerable migration. 
Wyoming. C. L. Corkins (October 12): Although an egg survey in Park County has 
shown little evidence of a heavy infestation, the eggs have been laid generally 
along roadsides, in alfalfa and clover fields, and on ditch lands so such a 
survey is misleading. The evidence of late fall abundance and very favorable 
weather conditions for the past two months indicates a general and severe 
infestation on the Powell flats next year. Dipterous parasites are fairly 
abundant, but have not greatly checked the hoppers. 
Colorado. G. M. List (October 19): A recent survey has shown that eggs arc much 
less abundant in the eastern half of the State than they have been for two 
years. It seems that we have passed the peak of the outbreak and that trouble 
can be expected only in localities in the western central parts of the State. 
Eg^s are going to be somewhat more abundant in some of the western slope 
counties than they have been and it appears that the population is somewhat 
on the increase, but it is hardly thought that a general outbreak will occur 
next year. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds and C. E. Smith (October 27 ) ; Adults of S. americana are 
very abundant around sugarcane. 
