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FRUIT INSECTS 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH (C arpocap sa pomonella L. ) 
New York, N. Y. State Col. Agr, News Letter (May): The winter mortality 
of larvae was high in many areas in the western New York fruit belt, 
but low in the lake zone and in the Youngstown area in Niagara County* 
Even in areas where the mortality was highest, there was a considerable 
survival of larvae below the snow line. The first catch of moths in 
light traps in the Rome orchard at Geneva was 4 da Y s earlier and nine 
times heavier than the first catch in 1933« First adults observed in 
Hudson River Valley on May 17; larvae and pupae in Ulster County, May 10 
Delaware. L. S. Stearns (May 22): Eighty percent of the overwintered 
larvae had pupated by May 19; first emergence of spring brood, May 7, 
Pennsylvania. H. E. Hodgkiss (May 23): The following numbers of adults 
were caught in bait pails in Franklin County on the dates indicated: 
May 14, 14; May 15-18, none; May 19, 62; May 20, 372; May 21, 343. 
H. N. Worthley (May 28): The first moths emerged on the night of 
May 10, when the earliest varieties of apples were just ready for the 
petal-fall spray. Abnormally high evening temperatures produced 
heavy flight of moths on the evenings of May 19, 20, and 21, bait pails 
averaging over 70 moths on the evening of May 20. 
Virginia. W, J". Schoene (May 23): Adults are very numerous in the 
Roanoke district, where large numbers emerged between May and 15« 
Many worms were entering the apples on May 17> l8, and l°/« 
Georgia, C e H. Aid en (May 21): The codling moth is scarce at Cornelia, 
There has been very little egg laying by .spring-brood moths. 
Ohio. T, H. Parks (May 24): Emergence of adults began in Lawrence 
County on May 5 and at Columbus on May 13 , Wooster May 17, and Oak 
Harbor on May 20, Although not more than the normal number over- 
wintered, the spring has been very favorable for egg laying. 
Illinois, W. P. Flint (May 22): Conditions this spring have been highly 
favorable to the codling moth, and first-brood adults have emerged in 
unusually large numbers and are more closely bunched than usual. The 
peak of emergence occurred in southern Illinois about May 12, 
Missouri. L. Haseman (May 23): The peak of emergence of first-brood cod- 
ling moths is past in southern Missouri, In the central and northern 
parts of the State emergence reached its peak this week. Worms began 
entering the apples about May 17. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 21): The codling moth is moderately abundant 
in the southeastern part of the State. 
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