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OUT STANDING ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES TOR CANADA, MAY 1,1 92^ 
Spring weather conditions have "been somewhat variable throughout 
the Dominion of Canada, In British Columbia the season has "been ex- 
ceptionally early, the first cultivation of the soil being general in 
the southern interior sections of- the Province by the middle of March. 
On the Canadian Prairies the season 'is well advanced. In Alberta there 
is an abundance of moisture in the soil due to unusual wet conditions. 
In Manitoba cultural operations were well under way by the first week 
of April but about fifteen inches of snow in the middle of the month 
brough operations to a standstill. In Eastern Canada the early spring 
temperatures have in general been above normal but snow nas still quite 
plentiful in protected places by the middle of April. 
The caikerworm, ALsophila pome tar ia Harr. . has been slowly in- 
creasing in Kings County, N. S., during the last four years, and it is 
probable that larvae will be numerous in the Annapolis Valley this spring. 
A heavy infestation is anticipated in southern Alberta during the coming 
season. ' 
The. apple red bug, l y-zidea men dax Reut. , has been increasing in 
numbers for some years in the Annapolis Valley, IT. S., and if it has 
overwintered satisfactorily its depredations will likely be -such as to 
necessitate control measures being undertaken in 1S2U. 
The fall wehorm, although of no great economic importance at 
present, is on the increase all along the St. John River Valley, H. B« 
In 1923 it was common on alder and other shrubs and bushes along roadsides 
and line fences, as well as in orchards.: This insect was likewise abundant 
throughout the Gatineau Valley near Ottawa during the autumn of 1923« 
During late September and early October, 19 2 3» the moths of the 
chain-dotted geometer, C ing il ia cat enar ia Dru. , occurred in enormous flights 
all over Nova Scotia, being noted as especially numerous at Sylesford Bog. 
As the larvae feed on cranberry as well as .various trees and shrubs, an 
outbreak on the former may be expected during the coming summer. 
The garden springtail, Smlnt ht iras hortensis pitch, was recorded 
in 1923 as injurious at wimot and Truro,' IT. s. , and large numbers were 
seen on spinach at Hast Last encfet own, Halifax County, ITova Scotia, but 
no serious injury resulted at the last place. Early spring injuries 
from these insects are expected to occur again in 192U, 
The cabbage maggot, was reported in 1923 for the first time in 
four years at Lethbridge, Alberta, indicating the possible ascendency of this 
insect as a pest. 
Among the wireworms of economic importance at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 
during 1923, the species Ludius aereipennis ICby. and Crypt o hyonus nocturnus 
Esch. are the mn&t important. They were found to be associated with 
cultivated fields rather than sod lands. It is anticipated that these pests 
will be troublesome in central and southern Saskatchewan this season. '.Tire- 
worms and false wireworms are going to be our worst trouble in northern 
Alberta and in fact over most of the province during 192^. 
The lilac I oaf -miner G-racilaria syrinx el la Fab. , an important 
European pest, "as found badly attacking lilacs in Ottawa City during the sirroei 
of 1323. There appears te b^ no previous Canadian record of this pest. 
