I N S E C T PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol 7 Julyl, 1527' : "°- 2 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL HBflPUEES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR June, 19^7 
Mhite-grub damage in the upper Great Plains Las been 1uite severe, parti- 
cularly in Iowa and southeastern Nebraska. 
Cutworms have been very troublesome in the Mississippi Valley and Great 
Plains States. Reports of serious injury have been received from Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, 
and North Carolina. In the Mississippi Delta cutworms are causing very con- 
siderable damage on the lands"' from which the water has recently receded. 
Mireworms have been attracting considerable attention in widely scattered 
regions and on a marked variety of crops.. Reports of damage have been received 
from Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Morth Carolina, and Vir- 
ginia. 
The Hessian-fly situation remains practically unchanged with the excep- 
tion of a noticeable increase of infestation in the southern part of Illinois. 
The chinch bug has received a very decided setback in the East -Central 
States from the continued wet weather. On the other "land, in parts of Mebraska 
the destructive abundance of this insect is very materially increased, and 
cornfields adjacent to volunteer ^-heat are suffering severely. Heavy rains 
have reduced the serious infestations in the eastern half of Kansas. 
The plains false wireworm is not generally so troublesome as it has been 
during the last few years, although reports of damage have been received from 
Kansas and Mebraska. Another species of false wireworm, Eleodes tricostata , 
has been found attacking corn ia Nebraska. This is apparently the first record 
of this insect as of economic importance. 
The corn ear worm is now occurring in serious numbers in the South At- 
lantic and Gulf States as well as in southern California. This should be the 
forerunner of successive ear -worm infestations northward. 
The stalk borer is generally prevalent o ir er the entire upper Mississippi 
Valley. Reports of unusual abundance of the young larvae have been received 
from Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, and Minnesota. 
Very serious damage to corn in the southern part of Mississippi by the 
lesser corn stalk borer is reported for the first time in several years. 
Coincident with the cool, wet weather of this spring, reports of damage 
by the seed-corn maggot have been received from iiontana, South Dakota, Minne- 
sota, Mebraska, Indiana, and Maryland. 
The lined stalk borer has been causing considerable injury to corn from 
western Mew York to southeastern Hinnescta. 
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