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FOREST AND SHADE-TREE INSECTS 
BAGWORM ( Thyridopteryx epheme.r ae go rmi s , ff aw. ) .' .;'■ 
Delaware. L. A. Stearns (August 2): More abundant than usual on evergreens 
throughout the entire State. •' ■■'■■ - .'• .' 
K. F. Dictz (August 2^) : Has been unusually abundant and serious 
on arborvitae throughout the' northern half of. Delaware. 
Maryland. E. N. Cory (August f): Generally very numerous over the State on 
evergreens. 
Virginia. H. G. Walker and L. D. Anderson (August 28): Many reports of bag- 
worms injuring shade trees were received from Norfolk. 
South Carolina. E. Sherman and W, C, Nettles (August 23): Reports from 
various localities. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (August 2): Bagworms are unusually abundant at Eort 
Valley. As many as one peck were hand picked from one small arborvitae. 
Ohio. E. 17. Mendenhall (August 10): Quite bad on arborvitae, elms, and other 
trees in Bexley. Some arborvitae were nearly defoliated. On apple trees 
at Wade, Washington County. They are also very bad on nursery stock in 
Belprc, Washington (County, 
N. E. Howard (August *-l~[): Several requests for control on arbor- 
vitae have been received from Columbus. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 23): Reported damaging evergreens -at Terre Haute 
and Greensburg. 
Kentucky. M. L. Didlake (August. 2U): . Abundant at Lexington, Olin, and Mays- 
ville, 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August): Generally there have been remarkably few 
V: : :. bagworms this year. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 2U) : Specimens taken from shrubbery at Tupelo 
on July 23 and from pecan at Cuevas on August lo. Reports of injury to 
arborvitae' \?ere received from D. W. Grimes of Durant and M. L. Grimes of 
■ . Meridian. 
Texas. C. B. Nickels (August lU): Have defoliated several species of trees, 
especially evergreens and hackberry, in the vicinity of Brownwood. 
FALL WE3W0RM ( Hyphantria cunea Drury) 
Vermont. J. Laliberty (August 17): Found in my front yard at Norton. 
Connecticut. M. P. Zappe (August 23): Nests are very scarce. Hardly any have 
been observed. Scarce in 1936 and even less in 1937. 
