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COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius L. ) 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (March 2H): Red spiders are rather scarce in most of 
the strawberry fields examined in southeastern Virginia. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 2U): In northwestern Missouri, where for the 
last 3 years the red spider has been a serious problem, particularly on 
raspberry, blackberry, and apple trees, our field, man, Lee Jenkins, 
reports that they have passed the winter in much smaller numbers. 
Arizona. C. D. Lebert (March 15) : Rather severe webbing of T. tclarius on 
many of the Italian cypress and some of the arborvitae in the Phoenix 
district. Some of the trees were brown and severely webbed. 
CEREAL A UP FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytophaga destructor Say) 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 2H): With the severe set-back which the wet 
spring of 1935 gave to the hessian fly in Missouri, th^ post did not 
rebuild its populations seriously during the summer and fall cf 193°J 
however, in northeastern Missouri and in scattered areas throughout 
the rest of the State some early seeded fields are showing rather seri- 
ous winter carry-over. The winter mortality seems to have been very 
light. 
CHINCH BUG ( Blis sus leuc opterus Say) 
Missouri. L. Haseman (March 2H): Winter surveys indicate that the chinch 
bug infestations in Missouri are spotted, with occasionally abundant 
carry-over on individual farms. The winter mortality seems to have 
been low, and the two general areas where hibernating bugs are most 
abundant are the northwestern and the west-central counties, with a 
general sprinkling throughout most of the area north of a line from 
the southwestern corner of the State across to St. Louis. 
GREEN BUG ( Toxoptera graminum Rond. ) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (March 29): Complaints of aphids on small grains 
have come from all parts of the State. T. graminum and other grain 
aphids perhaps have been involved. Parasites and predators have helped 
to check the aphids. 
Georgia. T. L. Bissell (March 25): At Experiment (central Georgia) small 
numbers of aphids are working, but the oats seems to be beyond further 
injury. Bare patches of dead oats are evident in fields. Since the 
report a month ago I have heard of injury in Talbot, Jasper, and 
Franklin Counties. 
