-loG- 
Michisan. 
Minnesota 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Iowa 
Mi ssouri 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Oklahoma 
Texas 
Montana 
GENERAL FEEDERS 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acrididae) 
R. Hutson (May 20): First-stage nymphs •.wnre first seen today 
in Benzie County. In the northern half of lower peninsula they 
are numerous. 
A. G. Ruggles (May 21): Grasshoppers are very abundant. They 
started hatching May 13 all over the State. All eggs examined 
seemed healthy. 
J. A. Munro (May 23): The general hatch appears to be well 
under way in a number of North Dakota counties. Newly batched 
nymphs were first observed May 13 at Fargo. In most cases the 
hoppers had already moved into the fields for several rods and 
destroyed a large portion of crops in Cass County on May 23. 
Melanoplus bivittatus Say was the predominating species. 
H. C. Severin (May 9): Eggs of M. bivittatus began to hatch 
in open fields May 4 and on the south side of buildings, banks, 
etc., they began to hatch several weeks ago. (May 21): The 
situation is getting serious. 
C. J. Drake (May 15): Grasshoppers are beginning to hatch 
in moderately large numbers. 
F. D. Butcher (May 11, 12, 13): Young grasshoppers, apparently 
in the first and second instars, were observed in Butler, Ripley, 
and Perry Counties. 
0. S. Bare (May 5): Grasshoppers were found hatching in 
Antelope County on May 3. 
H. R. Bryson (Mav 27): Correspondence reports indicate that 
large numbers of grasshoppers have been hatching in the vicinities 
of Alden and Bazaar. 
C. F. Stiles (May 23): Grasshoppers are abundant in the south- 
western part of the State; they are being reported in large 
numbers from Love, Jefferson, and Cotton Counties, and a few 
farmers have already begun poisoning. 
F. L. Thomas (May 23): Grasshoppers are reported abundant in 
many sections of the State. Reports of their occurrence in 
threatening numbers come from 33 counties scattered from the 
eastern to the western borders. "Thicker than in last twenty 
years in Hall County. " 
A. L. Strand (May 20): Grasshoppers are reported to be hatching 
in some counties. 
