TRUCK-CROP INSECTS 
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Texas 
Alabama 
G ENERAL FEEDERS 
CUTT/'GRMS (No c tuidae ) 
F. Se Charaberlin (March 23): Various- species of cutworms 
are unusually numerous this- spring at Quincy, owing apparently 
to the open winter. 
F 3 L, Thomas (February and March): Has utterly destroyed 
gardens at Harlebon 9 and last season, while not as had as this 
season, it destroyed quite a lot of cotton, causing many to 
plant as high as three time*. 
MOLE CRICKET ( ? Cryllotalpa borealis Burm. ) 
Jo M, Robinson (March 10): We have had several inquiries about 
the damage of a mole cricket to vegetables. This insect is 
quite abundant and does considerable damage in the southern 
tier of counties in this State. 
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Louisiana 
Nebraska 
Ohio 
Mississippi 
APHIDIDaE 
News Letter Vol. 3 No. 2 (February 2S): Plant lice or aphids 
have been observed during February doing some damage to 
cabbage, cauliflower and turnips. Some growers throughout 
the Salt River Valley have been applying nicotine dust while 
others have used the nicotine sulphate spray. 
THELV3- SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica duodecimpunctata 
Fab.) 
W. E Hinds (February 25): There is much complaint from the 
twelve-spotted cucumber beetle attacking winter-grown truck 
crops at Baton Rouge, These beetles have been active and 
apparently laying eggs throughout the winter, and at this time 
appear to be scattering from the truck gardens to other hosts. 
AN APHID ( Macrosiphum taraxaci Kal t . ) 
Mo H„ Swank (October to Dec. 1924): An infestation of dandelions 
with the aphid was reported from Phelps County during the first 
week in October. 
TARNISHED PLaNT-BUG ( Lv.gus pratensis L. ) 
H, A. G-ossard (March 21): A specimen of a tarnished plant-bug 
was observed in flight at Bono on March 17. 
POTATO 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa deccmlineata Say) 
R. W. Earned (March 25): On March 18 H. H. Wcdgwcrth collected 
a Colorado potato beetle feeding on cabbago at Hazlehurst, 
Copiah County. 
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