I-USSCT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 10 • November 1, 1930 No, 9 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES EOR OCTOBER, 1930 
October developments in the grasshopper situation include defoliation 
of young citrus in many parts of Florida, serious destruction of new fall 
plantings of alfalfa and crimson n nd red clovers in Franklin and Winchester 
Counties, Tenn. , and rather large populations building up in northern 
Nebraska, western North Dakota, ->.nd parts of Iowa. 
In addition to the rother heavy infestation of the Middle Atlantic 
States bv the fall armyworrc, reported in the last number of the Survey 
Bulletin, the insect was quite generally prevalent and in many cases 
seriously destructive in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Texas. 
A hervy growth of volunteer wheat, in southeastern Nebraska, which 
is now developed to such a size that it can not be easily destroyed by 
disking, nakes possible a. serious infestation of the Hessian fly in wheat 
next spring in that section, Moderate infestation is also reported from 
several counties in southern Iowa. 
A heavy flight of chinch bugs to hibernation quarters took place in 
Illinois during early October. Practically all lawns of St. Augustine 
grass in Fairfax, S. C. , have been seriously injured by this insect. 
The corn ear worm is appearing in noticeable numbers in southern New 
Hampshire the first time since 1922. It is reported as quite prevalent 
throughout the remainder of the New England and Middle Atlantic States, 
causing a loss of at least one-third of the corn crop in the intensive 
truck-growing section of Long Island, N. Y» This heavy infestation ex- 
tended westward as far as Michigan, Nebraska, Kentucky, and Indiana* 
The velvetbean caterpillar, though appearing in rather large numbers 
in parts of Louisiana, is not extending so far westward as it did in the 
season of 1929. 
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