INSECT PEST SUETE'Y BULLETIN 
Vol. 5 November. 1,1 925 ', No.S 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IF TH3 UNITED STATES TOR' OCTOBER, 1925 
The month has shown as "ilsual the rapid decline- in insect depredations 
over the Northern States,, ' 
This number of the 'Bulletin contains;" the final summary -.©f the Hessian- 
fly situation in Nebraska," Illinoi ts, and Kansas;,"" 'J.'he-fail brood of the 
fly seems generally to be larger than- usual* Cn the other hand_, the false 
wireworms on winter wheat in the West.ern States are -decided'! y less prevalent. 
The localized colony of the Anomala ( Anomala cri^ntaljis, Waterh. ) in 
Connecticut is still flourishing, Onp of the most surprising features is the 
very slight general interest of entomologists throughout the country in the 
presence of this mofet serious pest in the United States. 
Growers in the southern part of the Eastern-Shore district of Maryland 
and Virginia are suffering an almost complete loss of the late potato crop, 
due to the work of the potato tuber moth u 
In Texas and southern California the boll worm seems to be even more 
troublesome than usual, both as a corn and as a cotton pest. 
The season as a whole has been normal from an entomological point of 
view. No widespread serious grasshopper outbreaks developed despite the 
threatening conditions reported in the early part of the season. The Hessian 
fly, as a whole, was not so serious as usual though Kansas suffered very 
seriously from infestation by this pest. 
In May, June, and July a very widespread and serious outbreak of 
cutworms took place, extending over practically the entire region east of the 
ICOth meridian and also along the Pacific Coast* Despite the unusually 
early appearance of the cotton leaf worm but little general damage was done 
by this pest and in many sections it is even proving beneficial in hastening 
the maturing of late bolls. 
Except jfpr the localized outbreaks in the Delta sections of Mississippi 
and Louisiana chinch bug was not serious 6 
During the season the Mexican bean beetle very materially increased 
its range. It is now known to occur over the greater part of West Virginia, 
southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Indiana, and practically all of Ohio, 
with very little extension of territory to the south and west. 
The boll weevil infestation as a whole was subnormals 
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