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TRTJCK-CriOP INSECTS 
SEED CORN MAGC-OT ( Hylemyia cilicrura Rond.) 
Virginia E. J. Chapman (April 22): The seed corn maggot is moderately 
abundant at Norfolk. 
South Carolina W. J. Reid (April 15): Injury to freshly planted seed 
potatoes has apparently "been as general in the Charleston 
distict as during the past two seasons, hut the number of the 
insects has been slightly less. 'Freshly planted potato seed 
pieces were attacked by the maggots during the entire month 
of March and to the- middle of April, by which time all larvae 
had pupated. The infestation was as high as 50 per cent in 
many fields. The insect has been found to be closely 
associated with seed-piece decays. 
W. J. Reid (April 4): The seed corn maggot has been 
unusually destructive to snap beans in the Charleston district 
during the past three weeks. Weather conditions have delayed 
germination of the seed and growth of the seedlings, and these 
conditions have apparently favored the insect. The maggots 
attacked the cotyledons, plumules, and stalks of the seedlings. 
Beans planted in land containing considerable decaying organic 
matter have suffered most from the insect. In a field planted 
in beans immediately following a spinach crop at least 75 per 
cent of the seed or seedlings were attacked. In this particular 
field a count of a representative number of hills in different 
parts of the plot showed that 34 per cent of the hills were 
either entirely missing or the plants so seriously injured that 
they were dying. It is entirely possible that many other 
plants will die because of injury to their roots. 
Missouri L. Haseman and P. H. Johnson (April 22): Only one report 
has been received and that on Aoril 22 from/Kansas City area. 
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VEGETABLE WEEVIL ( Listroderes obliauus Gyll.) 
Mississippi R. W. Harned (April 22): Although the vegetable weevil has 
continued to attract some attention during the past month, only 
a few complaints have been received at this office regarding 
it during the month of April as compared with the large 
number of complaints received during March, A correspondent 
at Gloster reported on April 4 that the vegetable weevil was 
causing much injury to all kinds of garden plants. A 
correspondent at Durant reported on April 19 that a number of 
specimens were found beneath ornamental plants on her property. 
Serious injury to turnips at Yazoo City was reported on 
April 21. 
