FEUI1 I 1\T S E C T S 
APPLE-GRAIN APHID (Rho pal o s iphu m -orun ifoliae Fitch) 
Wisconsin A* A, Granovsky (August 17): In Door County this insect is 
reported as quite common, (xYugust 26): In the early spring 
of this year the apple "bed aphid appeared in great numbers 
infesting "buds of the apple trees end especially flowering 
clusters at Sturgeon Bay. large colonies were present en leaf 
petioles and calyxes of the flowers. Later this species was 
o"b served on oat plants in the fields. 
CCDOIiIITG MOTH (Carpocapsa pomonella I.) 
Massachusetts A. I« Bo^irre (September 2f): A report from eastern Middlesex 
County the early part of the month stated that the second "brood 
of codling moth and late curculio work were beginning to show 
up at that time very badly in maturing apples, 
Missouri I. Easeman (September 12): Unsprayed fruit is almost a 
complete loss frcm worms anu diseases. Second— brood worms 
appeared late but are maturirg off now at this date, with no 
serious signs yet of the third "brood of "pin worms" in central 
Missouri. 
New Mexico R„ Middlebrook (September 13): The codling moth has caused 
10 to 20 per cent of rejections in apples at the packing 
plants. 
California T. I\ Urbahns (September 13): The codling moth was kept well 
under control in orchards properly sprayed in the Beaumont 
apple district,, Some of these orchards showed, less than 2 per 
cent of wormy fruit, while some of the poorly sprayed orchards 
show a heavy infestation. Larvae were rapidly going into 
hibernating quarters. 
HED-EUMEED CATERPILLAR (Schizura concinna S. & A. ) 
New Hampshire P. B„ Lowry (September 9): At Forth Stafford there is a small 
infestation of this insect on apple, 
Me~; York G, E, Smith (August IS): In Orleans County this insect is 
present in two young orchards. 
Phi* H. A. Gossard (September 13): This insect was received from 
Cambridge and Ravenna, attacking apple. 
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^TATE PLANT BOARD 
