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western Caada and warm and dry in the east. In northwestern Quebec plant and 
insect activities centering about the time of the opening of the balsam buds were 
relatively several days earlier than the past two years despite the cold spring. 
A heavy smoKy atmosphere resulting from forest fires apparently raised the night 
temperatures and possibly accounts for the early conditions. 
The strawberry weevil is the cause of many inquiries from Ontario and the 
Maritime Provinces, particular injuries being caused in strawberry plantations 
in southern Ontario and in the vicinity of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. 
The San Jose scale has been found on orchard trees at Spence's Bridge, B„ C. 
This insect was believed to have been eradicated. The importance of this item lies 
in the fact that this is the only point in British Columbia where this insect is 
known to occur. 
Owing to the great prevalence of th« fungous disease, Entomonhthora 
sphaerosperma . of the apple sucker, Psvllia roali . this insect is not nearly so 
abundant in Nova Scotia this season, although its distribution has been somewhat 
enlarged . 
The spring cankerworm is occurring in outbreak form on apple and elm trees 
in many sections of southern Ontario. 
Regionally throughout western Ontario the flight of June beetles has thus 
far been light. 
In summarizing the late autumn and winter mortality of the European corn 
borer at various points throughout the entire infested area in Ontario, but 6.4 
per cent of the larvae were found to have died. The reduction of the larvae in 
the field by birds this past winter in ordinary crop refuse was of no practical 
importance in control. This indicates clearly that these natural control factors 
can not be depended upon to assist materially in the control of the pest. The 
excellent results following early fall and careful spring plowing in reducing the 
number of larvae have been strikingly illustrated this spring. 
Hessian fly injury is generally light throughout western Ontario. 
Grasshoppers are reported in severe outbreak form in southern Saskatchewan. 
Wirdworms are occurring in local outbreaks in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and 
much damage to wheat and corn has been caused. 
The lesser clover-leaf weevil appears to be more abundant than the clover- 
leaf weevil this year in southern Ontario and is decidedly more injurious. 
The elm bark -louse has again made its appearance in considerable numbers 
in the vicinity of Ottawa. This insect is one of the worst enesmiaiof the elm 
in Canada. 
