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Iowa 
Nebraska, * 
Missouri 
SQUASH 
SQUASH BUG ( Anasa tristis DeG.) 
F. A. Fenton (June 20). "The squash bug is again appearing 
in destructive numbers and egg laying has begun." 
M. H. Swenk (June 15). "The squash bug has proven very- 
plentiful during the past two weeks ," 
A. C. Burrill (June 20 ) . "This insect is much more numerous 
than last month. Egg laying has been going on for two days 
and is now becoming general." 
ONIONS 
ONION MAGGOT ( Hvlemyia ant i qua Meig.) 
Connecticut J. A. Manter (June 22). "This insect is doing much damage in 
gardens about Stoirs." 
New York M. C. Hammond (May 27). "A light infestation is manifesting 
itself in Orange County." 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June 16). "The onion maggot is quite abundant 
in the State wherever onions are grown." 
Oregon A. L, Lovett (June 2) . "As a whole this insect is much less 
abundant than usual. In demonstration plots where the 
British Columbia method of using cull onions as a lure for 
the adult flies was employed field infestation was slight. 
Cull and volunteer onions of the proper type showed from 
50 to 500 eggs , and counts running as high as 437 maggots 
in a cull onion were made, many showing over 200 maggots. 
The idea of cull onions in onion maggot control is good. 
Our technique this year is faulty, as the majority of the 
culls were planted too shallow to be the best lure. The 
majority of the generation of onion maggots were nearly 
mature larvae on June 2; probably 4 per cent had pupated 
and adult flies and eggs were not uncommon." 
0NI6N THRIPS (Thrins tabaci Lind . ) 
New York G. E. Smith (May 17). "Onion thrips injury was observed on 
onions on the Genesee-Orleans muck tract." 
V/isconsin S. B. Fracker (May 20). "Unusual damage occurred about May 1 
in the Green Bay district. The infestation was reduced by 
weather conditions and the injury was mostly outgrown by 
T set f onions." 
