IN- SECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol. 7 May 1, 1527 No. 3 
OUTSTANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES IN TEE UNITED STATES FOR APRIL, 1927 
The Hessian fly situation has developed, no new features since our 
last report. 
During the month serious infestations of the army cutworm have "been 
reported from many places in Nebraska and Kansas. 
The chinch hug passed the winter successfully in parts of Illinois, 
and despite wet weather spring mortality seems to he very low. 
The true armywcrm adults were observed during the first week in April 
in southern Illinois. This is about a week earlier than these insects ap- 
peared last year. 
The corn ear worm appeared in injurious numbers in Louisiana and Texas 
the last week in April. 
A very intense infestation by the spotted cucumber beetle attacking 
corn was reported from many localities from North Carolina across the cotton 
belt to Louisiana. 
The sugarcane scale was recorded as doing a rather ■unusual type of 
damage to lawns 5:: Florida. 
Plant lice ere generally more prevalent than last year on fruit trees 
in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Missouri. 
The codling moth situation in the Middle Uest promises to be as serious 
as it was last year , a very high percentage of the larvae having come through 
the winter in good condition. 
The eastern tent caterpillar appears to be as numerous as it was last 
year throughout New England in the Hudson Valley region of New York State. 
This insect seems to be more abundant than last year in the Middle Atlantic 
region, while, on the other hand, our only report from the South Atlantic 
States indicates a decided decrease in infestation in that region. 
The plum curculio is more seriously prevalent in the Georgia peach 
belt than it was a year ago, and in fact than it has been since 1321. This 
insect was also reported as abundant and unusually early in southern Illinois. 
One of the noteworthy developments of the month was the discovery of 
the orange maggot in the lower Rio Grande Valley. This is the first time 
that this serious citrus pest has been found established within the United 
States. 
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