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GENERAL FEEDERS 
.GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
Nebraska M» H» Swenk (September 1-October l):. Young alfalfa, sown 
about the middle of August, has been seriously attacked by 
grasshoppers ( Melanoplus spp.) in several different parts of 
eastern Nebraska. Most of these, complaints were received about 
the middle of September, Saline County seemed .to be an im- 
portant center of this trouble* At the same time complaints 
were received from Douglas and Butler Counties, of severe 
damage to gladiolus,' dahlias, asters ,and other garden flowers, 
Kansas J, W» McColloch (October 19): Grasshoppers have continued 
their depredations on fall-sown wheat and alfalfa. Damage 
has occurred in nearly all parts of the State but is more pro- 
nounced in the western part. In Meade County they have killed 
out quite a bit of wheat, making it necessary to replant, 
WIREWORM (Elateridae) 
Indiana J % J, Davis (August 30): Wireworms were reported damaging 
potatoes at Indianapolis August 5. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Kansas J, 17, McColloch (October 10): A survey was made in the 
northern half of the state during the first week in October, 
Eggs were found in abundance on the young plants in Trego, 
Ness, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, Rush, Smith, Osborne, Russell, 
Barton, Jewell, Mitchell, Lincoln, Ellsworth, Ottawa, Saline, 
McPherson, Dickinson, Marion, Geary, Shawnee, Osage, Jefferson 
and Douglas Counties, Thus far, we have not had an opportunity 
to make a survey of the southern half of the State. There were 
plenty of flaxseed in the stubble throughout south-central 
Kansas after harvest, 
Nebraska M* H«, Swenk (September 1-October l); Complaints received 
during September indicate the obvious presence of the Hessian 
fly in the wheat stubble in certain parts of two additional 
Nebraska counties-Washington and Nuckolls, 
PLAINS FALSE WIREWORM (Eleodes opaca Say) 
Kansas J« W, McColloch (October 20): False wireworms are causing 
