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North Carolina 
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South Carolina 
Alabama 
CABBAGE WEBWORM (Ke llula uncial is Jab.) 
W. A. Thomas (September 10): Avery serious outbreak has 
occurred in many districts of the two Carolinas during tr.e 
past three weeks. Most of the fall turnips in many localities 
have been completely destroyed. Some local growers are now 
planting for the eighth time because of this insect. 
J. M. Robinson (September 19): The turnip webworm is 
moderately abundant at Auburn, Tuscaloosa, Crossville, 
and Andalusia; very active on turnips; larvae present in all 
stages. 
Mississippi 
Virginia 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Michigan 
South Carolina 
Missouri 
H. Dietrich (September 20): The imported cabbage webworm is 
showing up in considerable numbers on fall plantings of turnips, 
CABBAGE LOOPER ( Autographa brassicae Riley) 
G. E. Gould (September 24): Cabbage loopers are doing 
considerable damage to many of the fall crops. All of the 
cruciferous crops, such as Savoy cabbage, kale, broccoli, rape, 
collards, and rutabagas, show severe injury due to this insect 
as well as the diamond-back moth Plutella maculinennis Curt, 
and the fall array worm- Laphygma frugiperda S. & A. A 7-acre 
field of garden peas was practically destroyed by the loopers 
and fall armyworms. Damage is also reported on snap beans. 
J. M. Robinson (September 19): The cabbage looper is 
abundant on turnips and cabbage at Auburn. 
R. irV. Earned (September 22): Several complaints in regard 
to serious injury to turnips, collards, and closely related 
plants have been received at this office during the past 
week. 
TURNIP APHID ( Rhopal o s iohun pseudobrassicae Davis) 
R. H. Pettit (September): Ealse cabbage aphids are very 
abundant in general on cabbage and on radish grown for seed 
in Antrim and Charlevoix Counties. 
KARLEqUlN BUG ( Murgantia histrionica Hahn) 
Alfred Lutken (September 19): The harlequin bug is very 
abundant in general. 
L. Haseman (September 24): Late cabbage and turnips in 
places in southern Missouri have been seriously damaged during 
the month. 
Mississippi 
R. 17. Harned (September 22): Harlequin cabbage bugs were 
reported as abundant on collards at Columbus, on September 4, 
