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Pennsylvania. R. M. Baker (April 22): Prom 1 to 12 larvae per square 
foot were found in grass roots in •■'Cumberland County. No indication 
that the winter had killed larvae. The snow was deep over this 
section all winter. 
COMMON RED SPIDER ( Tetranychu s telarius L.) 
Virginia. H. G-. Walker (April 21): The red spider continues to he 
relatively abundant in some strawberry fields at Norfolk and -may 
cause serious injury under favorable weather conditions unless 
control measures are applied. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle and assistants (April 2H) : Heavy infestations of 
red spiders have been observed during the past 15 days on azaleas and 
camellias at Moss Point. Red spiders are less abundant on camellias 
at Poplarville than they were last month, but they are fairly 
abundant on arborvitae in southwestern Mississippi. 
Ohio. N. P. Howard (April 21): Hydrangeas in a greenhouse at Columbus 
were very heavily infested on April U. 
Kansas. ■ H. R. Bryson (April 10): Large numbers of red spiders are 
present in northeastern Kansas. 
Idaho. C. Wake land (April 21): Common red spider emerged at Lewiston 
on April 15, where it was feeding on young mustard plants. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
: WHEAT 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
Indiana. C. Benton (April 17): No flight from hibernation quarters 
observed to date at Lafayette. Bugs were stirring in grass clumps 
on April lU when the maximum air temperature reached 77° P ; » 'but -on 
exposure to sunlight showed a tendency to hide rather than to fly. 
Prom 50 to 100 or more live bugs per clump of Andropogoh could be 
found on that date. 
Illinois. W. P. Plint (April 20): Plight was reported in central Illinois 
for the first time this year on April lU, with heavy flight 'on April 
20. There has been considerable activity in the cover and some 
crawling out of the bugs from the overwintering shelters to nearby 
wheat fields. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (April 2U) : A survey made in five north-central counties 
shows an average of only two bugs per square foot of timothy clump. 
This is from one-third to one-half of the number found last fall and 
indicates a winter mortality of over 50 percent. Prom present indica- 
tions, there will be no chinch bug outbreak this year in Ohio. 
