INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 16 September 1, 1936 No. 7 
THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR AUGUST 193S 
The serious grasshopper situation in the Great Plains continued 
throughout August. During the nonth many reports were received of the hop- 
pers defoliating shade and fruit trees, where other vegetation had been 
destroyed. Large populations of grasshoppers were also reported fron the 
East Central States. 
Distribution records indicate that Mormon crickets are widely preval- 
ent in North Dakota and Montana. 
In the southern Mississippi Valley the fall armyworm is moderately 
abundant in many places. 
Japanese "beetles show a notable" increase in intensity this year in 
Connecticut and New York. 
Say's stinkbug was found in Dickey County, N. Dak., east of its pre- 
viously known distribution, and Scotts Sluff County, Nebr. , and was present 
in damaging numbers in north-central Montana. 
Hessian fly surveys indicate severe infestations in the East Central 
States, extending from the southwestern corner of Ohio, across the southern 
half of Indiana and the southern two-thirds of Illinois, with moderate 
infestations extending into east-central Missouri. 
The com ear worm was notably scarce throughout practically the entire 
country, with the exception of a rather heavy infestation in the Great 
Basin, Utah. 
Peak flights of adults of the codling moth occurred during the first 
week in August in New York State, during the third week in August in Indiana, 
and during the second week in August in Washington State. Infestations in 
the East Central States are generally quite heavy. 
Extensive injury to the terminal growth of potatoes by a plant bug, 
Ly^us elisus Knight, was reported from North Dakota. 
Very severe damage to late tobacco by the tobacco flea beetle was 
reported from North Carolina. 
The cotton boll weevil was reported as rapidly increasing in numbers in 
North and South Carolina, Alabama, parts of Mississippi, and parts of Texas, 
while in other parts of Texas there was a decided reduction in populations. 
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