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Bigsprings, were received in the second week in September. Cn some 
large specimens of this weed as many as 200 or 300 of the webworms 
could be found and they were also reported as moving in armies. 
pfensas J a W* McColloch (September 12): A very heavy infestation of the 
sugar-beet webworms on Russian' thistle was found in Hamilton and 
Greeley Counties. In many fields the thistles ^ere destroyed. The 
worms were so abundant that the farmers were afraid to sow wheat, 
Utah and G. F„ Knowlton (September l) : Sugar-beet webworms were doing consider- 
Idaho able damage' to beets around Cornish and Lewiston, and over into 
southern Idaho, 
BEET LEaFHOPPEB ( Eubettix tenella Baker) 
Utah G, F* Knowlton (September 11): Curly-leaf of sugar beets has caused 
little damage this year in Utah as a. general rule , but some fields in 
Cache Yalley and'Boxelder County have from 6 to 10 per cent of the 
beets showing unmistakable symptoms of this disease. The worst 
infested field found so far is east of River Heights. (September IS): 
In the northern p:irt of Utah sugar beets have suffered slightly 
from curly leaf, usually from 1 to 5 P Q " cent cf the beets showing 
damage. The leafhopper causing this is seldom found in large numbers 
in the fields. 
BEET ROOT APHID ( Pemphigus bgtae Doane) 
Utah G. 5„ Knowlton (September IS): Eeet rood aphids are also numerous and 
damaging the beets at Clover, 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp,) 
Utah G» F. Knowlton (September IS): White grabs are doing serious damage 
to sugar beets at Clover in parts cf the fields here, 
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PARSLEY STaLII WEEVIL ' l.istronotu s lati usculu^ Boh. ) 
lev; York C» R. Crosby and assistants: (July 2^): Larvae are causing carrot 
growers much loss in Nassau County . 
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OFIOU TFRIPS ( Tari-js tabaci L.) 
New York C. R* ' Crosby and assistants (August S): The damage caused by this 
pest in Orange County is large. Many fields did not mature before the 
tops withered (August 15): In Wayne County this nest has been 
serious this season, causing more damage than the blight. 
