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GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididac) 
Michigan. R. Hutson (September 20): Grasshoppers arc very abundant. 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (September 2d): A .survey of adults just completed 
in the northern part of the State indicates, as did the egg survey, that 
another outbreak of grasshoppers, even more serious than this year's, unay 
be expected in 1935 ii" weather is favorable. Eggs are still being laid 
and all instars of nymphs arc present in -woodlands, cranberry bogs, and 
roadsides. 
Ncrth Dakota. «T. A. Muiiro (September 22): E. D. Butcher says that the grass- 
hopper situation this month is characterized by a marked decrease in the 
population of Camnula pcllucida Scudd. Occasional evidences of parasiti- 
zation by Diptera were noticed in the field. In most areas Mclanoolus 
mexicanus Sauss. is the predominating species. Adults of M. differenti - 
al is Thos. were observed in Mercer, Oliver, and Morton Counties en Septem- 
ber 20 and 21. 
Missouri. L. Hascman (September 24): In central Missouri red-legged grass- 
hoppers are fairly common but arc doing no damage. 
Arkansas. D. Iscly (September 2^) : Grasshoppers (M. different ialis ) arc 
very abundant . 
Nebraska. M. H. Swcnk (September 20): Grasshoppers are moderately abundant . 
Kansas. K. R. Bryson (September 26): The grasshopper population is bclrw 
normal for this time of year. M. different ialis individuals are more 
difficult to find at Manhattan than for several years past. A report of 
injury to young alfalfa during the past month was received from Ozawkic. 
Colorado. G. M. List (September 20): Grasshoppers, • since the closing of 
the poisoning campaign, are only moderately abundant. 
0. G. Babcock (August 27): Grasshoppers (M. bivittatus Say) arc • 
very numerous on forms between Denver and Pert Collins and Greeley. 
Thousands of inland galls arc feeding on the hoppers. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (September 19): Several fields in the Salt River Val- . 
ley still have moderate infestations of hoppers, both M. mexicanus and 
M. differentialis . Young hoppers of the third and fourth instars are 
still present. Lettuce growers aro applying poisoned-bran baits. 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw. ) 
Missouri. L. Haseman (September 2U) : The fall brood of the. .regular armyworm 
has been doing serious damage to crops from central Missouri south to 
