INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol, 15 July 1, 1935 No. 5 
THE MORE IMPORTANT RECORDS FOR JUNE I935 
Hatching of grasshopper eggs in the Great Plains was very much retard- 
ed by cool, wet weather. The infestation in general is not nearly so serious 
as last year. 
Rather extensive bands of Mormon crickets are moving toward cultivated 
areas in Moffat County, Colo., and a very extensive infestation is reported 
over the greater part of southern and central Idaho, 
Cutworms were extremely destructive in the East Central, V/est Central, 
and Great Plains States. These insects were also reported from southern 
California* 
Armyworm outbreaks occurred in the South Atlantic, East Central, and 
West Central States during the month. 
General outbreaks of the alfalfa looper were reported from the Willa- 
mette Valley of Oregon and also from' southwestern Colorado. 
The Japanese beetle began to emerge in southern New Jersey the third 
week in June, This is decidedly later than usual. 
The chinch bug outbreak in the East Central and West Central States was 
very materially reduced by cool, wet weather during the month. In part of the 
area the infestation was negligible. 
The spring brood of the hessian fly was unusually heavy in the East 
Central States, with a general increase in populations westward to Kansas, 
The European corn borer came through the winter normally over the great- 
er part of its range. 
The alfalfa weevil is more serious in Colorado than in any previous 
year. This insect is also abnormally abundant in Idaho, from moderate to 
heavy infestations are being reported from Utah, and light infestations from 
California, 
Heavy infestations of hairy vetch by the vetch bruchid are reported from 
the Carolinas, This insect was also reported from Maryland and Pennsylvania, 
The codling moth was generally retarded along the Atlantic seaboard, and 
over the greater part of the country infestations were reported as extremely 
light. From Colorado westward infestations were reported as heavier than in 
the East, 
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