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SQUASH 
Maryland 
SQUASH LADY-BEETLE (Epil achna boreal is Fat.) 
F»E»Chittenden (September 8)» "The squash lady-beetle has 
been decidedly more abundant the present year than last, 
being almost universally injurious to squash, pumpkin, and 
some other cucurbits in the District of Columbia and near-by 
Maryland and Virginia* It is still in the fields •" 
BEETS 
Nebraska 
BEET WEBWOHM ( Loxostege stict i calis L- ) 
M#H«Swenk (September l)# "During the third week in August the 
stubble fields in Deuel County were overrun with the sugar-beet 
webworm* They were so numerous that the farmers were fearful 
of reseeding the infested fields to wheat this fall until assured 
that these pests would not injure the new crop*" 
