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Florida 
Alabama 
Florida 
FLORIDA HIT- SCALi, ( Chrysomphalus ficus Ashm.) 
J. R. Watson (October 30): The Florida red scale is moderately 
to very abundant. It is rather more abundant than usual for 
October. Dry weather ..as hindered development of entomogenous 
fungi on this insect. 
J. M. Robinson (October 20): The Ilorida red scale is 
moderately abundant at Spring Kill. 
PURPLE SCALE ( hepidosa'ohe s beckii Newm.) 
J. R. Watson (October 20): The purple scale is moderately 
to very abuncViot. -t is rather more abundant than usual for 
October. Dry weathrr has hindered development of entomogenouS 
fungi on this insect . 
CITRUS RUST MITE ( Eriophyes oleivorus Ashm.) 
J. i.'h Robinson (October 20): The citrus rust mite is moderately 
abundant at Spring Kill. 
-J. R. Watson (October 20): The citrus rust mite is moderately 
abundant . 
T R U C K - C R C ? IlS-sCIS 
VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Listroderes obi iouus Gyll.) 
Mississippi K. Dietrich (October 20) : Vegetable weevil adults were 
reported on turnips : in a garden at Lucedale October IS. 
GARDEN WEBWORM ( Loxostege similalis C-uen.) 
Virginia G. E. Gould (October 23): The garden webworm is quite 
injurious to spinach throughout all of the Tidewater region. 
Alabama J. M. Robinson (October 20): Turnip webworms are moderately 
abundant in Auburn. 
Mississippi C. Hines (October 15): Garden webworm s are moderately abundant 
at Yazoo City. 
Nebraska M. K. Swenk (September 1-October 15): The garden webworm 
seriously damaged some alfalfa fields in central Johnson County 
during the last half of August. 
CABBAGE WEBWORM ( He Hula undalis Fab.) 
Mississippi State Plant Soard of Mississippi Fress Release (October 27): The 
cabbage webworm destroyed several hundred acres of turnips planted 
for the canning factory at Lucedale. 
