I U S E C T P'E S T SURVEY B U L L E T I H 
Vol. 12 
April 1, 1932 
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THE MORE rffORTAUT RECORDS EDR MARCH, 1932 
Eollov:ing the very mild winter, very severe storms, with "imus^oally 
low temperatures, x)revailed over much of the eastern part of the United 
States during March, and frost extended well into the Gulf region. 
The situations with regard to the Hessian fly and the chinch hug have 
not materially changed since our last report, although it is helieved hy 
some oh servers that the extreme cold snap was somewhat deleterious to the 
latter insect. 
The usual spring complaints of cutworm infestations were received 
from practically the entire southern half of the United States. 
The sugarcane borer, which was developing rapidly prior to the cold 
weather, was very materially checked by the killing of a large part of the 
above-ground cane in Louisiana. The first adult was observed in that sec- 
tion on February 4, and eggs were first observed in the field on the 16th 
of that month. . 
^ Reports from South Carolina indicated that r^rior to March 26 a few 
codling moths emerged in outdoor cages; some had -pupated about that time, 
but no adults emerged prior to March 21 in Georgia. The very cold weather 
that prevailed in the East Central States apparently had no deleterious 
effect on the larvae. Examinations made since the cold weather show from 
90 to 95 per cent of the overwintering larvae alive in Illinois. At San 
Jose, Calif., pux)ation was taking rjlace, but no adults had emerged bv 
March 22. 
Larvae of the eastern tent cateroillar are starting to emerge in the 
Gulf region. H-ports of hatching were received from the first of the month 
on, irom Ark-ntas, Mi ssi ss^i oi?i , Missouri, and parts of Texas. This insect 
is more abun'Unt in the latter State than it has been observed in many 
years. 
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