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The codling moth appears, from hibernation counts, to be subnormal 
in abundance throughout the country. In many cases this is attributed 
to very high winter mortality. 
The fall canker worm is appearing in outbreak numbers in central 
California. 
The first moths of the oriental fruit moth appeared during the 
first week in April in Illinois and the second week in April in Delaware 
and southern Ohio. Heavy emergence was observed during the later part 
of the second week and the early part of the third week of the month 
in Indiana. 
About the middle of the month the first adults of the plum curculio 
were observed leaving hibernation in Delaware and a few days earlier 
in northern Virginia. Egg-laying was well under way during the last 
week in the month in Georgia. The first weevils were found in the 
trees in southern Illinois on April 14. 
The seed corn maggot is again proving very destructive to seed 
pieces of potato and to snap beans in the coastal section of South 
Carolina. Cool weather conditions delayed germination of the seed, 
which is probably responsible for this trouble. 
The first adults of the Colorado potato beetle were observed in 
the Charleston district of South Carolina on April 5. They were ob- 
served at Columbia, Mo., April 21. 
A very serious outbreak of the strawberry weevil is occurring 
in the Chadbourn and Burgaw districts of North Carolina. 
A number of insects have been noted as attacking strawberry plants 
in Washington State. Among these are Tyloderma morbillosa Lee, 
Brachyrhinus ovatus L. , Dyslobus decoratus Lee, Geoderces melanothrix 
Kby., Coniontis sp., and Bleodes sp. 
A report of what appears to be the first collection of the squash 
bug in the State of Idaho was received this year. The specimen was 
collected in 1929. 
The turnip aphid is becoming increasingly destructive in Indiana. 
The juniper webworm ( Dichomeris marginellus Fab.) is becoming 
increasingly destructive to juniper nursery stock in Lake County, Ohio. 
The deodar weevil is causing considerable damage in many parts of 
Mississippi. 
By the middle of the month the bulb flies were emerging in western 
Oregon. 
The clover mite is attracting considerable attention in the Eastern 
