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GENERAL FEEDERS 
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Idaho 
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GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) ' 
1. A. Price (October 18): Grasshoppers are moderately abun- 
dant on clover and alfalfa, principally in the northern and 
central parts of the State. 
i.'i . H- Swenk (October 1): Grasshoppers were present in unu- 
sual numbers over the whole State in September and continued 
to damage alfalfa fields and vegetable and flower gardens 
throughout the greater part of the month. Present indications 
are that there will be increased injury in 1930. 
L. Haseman (October 26): Melanoplus femur- ru Drum DeG. is 
very abundant at Columbia. 
C. %keland (October 20): Alfalfa seed growers of eastern 
Idaho report fairly heavy infestations this year and are con- 
cerned about losses next year. r/e recently examined '. come 
of the heaviest infested localities and were unable to find 
egg masses in abundance. The species most abundant were 
I.ielano-plus b ivittatus Say, M. femur- rub rum DeG., Dissosteira 
Carolina L. , with a few individuals of Aulocara elliotti Thorn, 
and Arphia pseudonictana Thorn. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp.) 
1. L. Chambers (October IS): White ^rubs are very abundant 
on nursery stock (especially evergreen seedlings in beds) in 
several sections of the State. Heavy beetle flights occurred 
in June. The situation has been developing very rapidly during 
the past few weeks and while we did not anticipate any injury 
whatever from white grubs, our nurserymen throughout the State 
are reporting that owing to the prolonged growing season the 
grubs are already doing serious injury to seed beds and have 
not yet started do~n below the frost line. 
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HESSIAN ELY ( Phytoohaga destructor S a y) 
T. a. Parks (October 24): Very few tg,s were laid on the 
new crop except in Butler . County where the infestation in the 
crop of 1929 was high. Daily counts of eggs laid on 100 plants 
in Butler County showed the maximum egg laying to be reached 
September i;8 and to be over by October 13. wheat sowed after 
the fly-free date (October 2) will be reasonably free from in- 
festation. Seventy per cent of the eggs were laid from Septem- 
ber 28 to October 1 inclusive. 
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