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INSECTS AFFECTING GREENHOUSE 
A 17 D ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychus telarius I.) 
West' Virginia. L. "".. peairs (February 23): There have been many reports of 
the greenhouse red spider, at Morgan town and other places. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 2l): Arborvitae twigs showing infestations -f 
red spiders or injury evidently caused by them were received durir November, 
December, and January, from various localities in the State. 
CYCLAMEN MITE ( Tarscnenus pallidus Bks.) 
Maryland. E. IT. Cory (January & February): Cyclamen mite en Crassula rub i cur, da 
from Catonsville. 
Ohio. E. '.". Mendenhall (November 8): The African violets in one of the green- 
houses in Urbana. are badly infested with cyclamen mites. I would say 200 
plants are apparently infested. 
LATANIA SCALE ( Aspidiotus lataniae Sign.) 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (February 21): Aj_ lataniae was found en coral berry ir. 
Greenwood, October 31, and on Sniraea thun'oerg l ■ . from Moss Feint, Feb- 
ruary 11. 
AZALEA LACSBUG ( Ste^hanitis uyrinides Scott) 
New England. E. P. Felt (February 2l): The azalea lacebug, S. pyrioid es, ;s 
were received in mid winter and are in excellent condition. The insect is 
moderately abundant in southern Westchester County and southwestern New 
England. 
TERMITES, OK WHITE ANTS ( Reticulitermes spp.) 
Ohio. E. ". r . Mendenhall (January 20): The subterranean termites are quite bad 
in some of the greenhouses at Dayton, and are doing considerable damage to 
plants ouch as chrysanthemum and geraniums. 
A PILLBUC- ( ArmedillidiUTi vulgare Lat.) 
California. E. 0. Essig (February 20): Co.r-.on pillbugs have been I in 
the ornamental and commercial gardens of the San Francisco Bay district 
this winter. Considerable damage is done to certain tender plants. 
"JAPANESE MAPLE S CALE ( Leucasms .japp] d ja 33dLl . ) 
New England & Hew York. E. P. Felt (February 2l): This Japanese scale ins :1 
is abund- nt in s I western New Ec land; and ir, s '""ay 
maples at Freeport, L. I., K. Y., and is also i nt in soul 
Chester County. 
