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FRUIT INSECTS 
Maine 
Hew York 
Georgia 
Washington 
TAHITI SHED PLANT BUG ( lygas pratensis L.) 
C. R. Phipps (May 23); This insect is reported in unusual 
abundance in Aroostook County. 
N. Y. State Coll. Agr., Weekly News Letter (May): The tar- 
nished plant bug began to appear during the third week in April 
and by the. first week in May was reported as more numerous than 
usual in the eastern half of the State (Abstract, J.A.H.) 
W. H. Clarke (May 9): Considerable injury is being done to 
Elberta peaches at Madison. In an adjoining orchard of Georgia 
Belle practically no injury was found, although the insect was 
present in large numbers on a cover crop of Austrian winter peas 
E. J. Newcomer (May 20): At Yakima little additional injury 
has occurred to pear since the trees bloomed, most of it having 
been to the fruit buds. The first eg.ss were laid about April 
1 and began hatching about April 23. The first adults from 
these eggs were t alien May 17. 
Delaware 
Penn sylvania 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Ohio 
APPLE 
CODLING MOTH ( Carpocapsa pomonella L.) 
L. A. Stearns (May 23); There was 100 per cent pupation by 
May 19. The first moth was observed May 4. Emergence is 
heavy at present. 
H. N. Worthley (May 23): Emergence began May 19 at State 
College, and at Biglerville on May 11. 
H. E. Hodgkiss (May 27): Codling moth emerged in traps in 
Adams County May 14 and on May 18 about 18 per cent of the trap 
adults had emerged. Egg-laying was reported to me on May 24, 
which is the first record for the season. 
A. Lutken (April 28): Eggs are numerous in apple orchards. 
C. H. Alden (May 20): This insect is moderately abundant at 
Cornelia. Eirst-brood worms are entering the fruit, the first 
one May 9. 
J. S. Houser (May 26): Adults are emerging in large numbers 
at Wooster. 
■T. H. Parks (May 24): Adults began to emerge at I ronton 
May 6. They have emerged daily since and eggs are being laid. 
