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GENERAL FEEDERS. 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (October 21): We have started the egg survey, and 
indications are that eggs are much less abundant than they were in the 
fall of 1936. So little territory has been covered that no accurate 
statement as to the number of eggs .can- be made. Nearly all adult 
grasshoppers have been killed by the heavy rains and low temperatures. 
In most sections the number of adults was much less than in the fall of 
1926. 
Michigan. R. Hutson (October 22): The fall survey discloses an unusual 
abundance of eggs wherever' hoppers were numerous during the summer, 
The infestation is spotty, some areas carrying normal populations and 
many small areas and a few large ones carrying heavy populations. 
Melanoplus femur-rubrum Peg, occurs throughout southern half of the 
Lower Peninsula in fence rows, ditchbanks, and similar locations. 
North of the Muskeg on -Bay City' line M. mexicanus Sauss. and Ageneotettix 
deorum Scudd. are. the predominating species on sandy soils in heavy in- 
festations. M. mexicanus 'is still the predominant species in northern 
counties of the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Cannula pellucida Scudd. 
staged a strong comeback from las"t year and the eggs of this species 
are readily found, in all areas where it occurs in more than normal 
numbers, especially numerous in the vicinity of Perkins, Watson, and 
Trenary* . 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (October. 18): The egg survey is on in full force. 
Eggs of M. ■femur-rubrum are. abundant in some of the southern counties. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (October 22):' In central Missouri our first killing 
frost came on October 10 to 12. Since the first frost in central Missouri 
there has been no further appreciable frost. This being the case, grass- 
hoppers, particularly M. differentialis Thos., and the less migratory 
(M. mexicanus ) , are still laying eggs on warm days. Locally, most of 
the M. differentialis have now deposited their eggs and are gone, but 
considerable numbers of M. mexicanus are present and the females contain 
mature eggs. In places in central Missouri we are finding more eggs of 
M. differentialis than we have ever seen in past years and far more than 
there were a year ago. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (October 20): Grasshoppers were largely engaged in 
oviposition during: the period September 20 to October 20. M. differ - 
entialis and M. bivittatus Say laid their eggs at the normal time in 
September, but the ovipositing of M. mexicanus was somewhat delayed. 
The total egg deposition for all injurious species bids fair to equal or 
exceed that of the fall of 1936, 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (October 22): Grasshoppers have done considerable 
damage to the fall-sown wheat and the fall seedings of alfalfa through- 
out the central and western Darts of Oklahoma. The species most common 
