INSECT PEST SURVEY BULLETIN 
Vol.6 May 1,1926 No. 3 
OUTSTANDING' ENTOMOLOGI C~l FEATURES IN THE UNITED STATES EOF. .^FRIL,1926 
Throughout the Southeastern and Gulf States, cutworms seem to he -unusually 
ahundant. 
The localized green hug outhreaks in the San Antonio section and northern 
Texas are now rapidly decreasing. 
The army cutworm is doing considerahle damage in northwestern Oklahoma, 
and central, westerm, and southwestern Kansas, -"here it is attacking wheat and 
alfalfa. 
The clover leaf weevil is "being reported as numerous in western Illinois 
and northwestern Arkansas. 
The various fruit aphids continue to he reported as unusually scarce 
in the New England, Middle Atlantic and Ohio Valley States, westward to 
Illinois, In the Southeast reports cf unusual ahundance of the rosy apple 
aphid have he en received from North Carolina. 
The codling moth seems to have passed the winter in the Middle West 
in unusually large numhers. Similar reports have also "been received from North. 
Carolina. Pupation of this inject in the Pacific Northwest is ahnormally early. 
A somewhat extensive account cf a new apple pest for this country 
( Lecanium coryli I.) appears in this nnraher of the Survey Bulletin. This insect 
is appearing in serious numbers in western Washington State. 
The European red mite is now reported from the Shenandoah Valley of 
Virginia. This seems to he the southernmost record for this pest. 
The grape leafhcpper is so ahundant in parts of the San Joaquin Valley 
of California that considerable spraying "'ill he necessary to prevent serious 
damage . 
Larvae cff the painted lady "butterfly (reported in the last number of 
the Bulletin) are now attacking lettuce and prunes in parts of California. 
The turnip weevil ( Listrodere s ohliouns Gyll.) is reported for the 
first time from California. In the last number of the Survey Bulletin a note 
"by Mr. Urhahns reported serious infestation in carrot fields and truck gardens 
in San Jose. At that time the larvae -ore relieved to he those of Hypera sp. 
The carrot rust fly is reported as a -pest for the first time from 
Massachusetts. 
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