10 ANNUAL BEPOBT8 02 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1935 
INSPECTIONS IN MEXICO 
since the Inception of tins project, it lias been deemed advisal le to keep an 
Inspector at llatamoros for the purpose of trapping, spraying, and collecting 
infested fruit. There has recently been added one pari time Inspector at Rey- 
nosa. it is believed that much of the danger of reinfestation from M 
is reduced by collecting infested fruit before it is sold and before the larvae 
are Widely scattered along the border. 
These inspectors trapped in these two border Cities and adjacent wild growth, 
• N Anaetrepha ludent, i .1. fratercnlus, 7 .1. sp. V. *j .1. striata Schin.. 14 .1. 
pattens, 1 A. serpentina, and 1 Anastrepha sp.. probably new. They also col- 
lected from market fruit 21,637 A. ludens larvae. 135 .1. striata, 57 .1. serpen- 
tina, 73 A. frateroulus, 1,028 Anastrepha sp. probably A. acidusa Walk., and IT'J 
RhagoleUs sp. The total of all specimens submitted was 23,100. 
It is granted that all infested fruit on the markets is not found but. by 
intensive trapping and Bpraying where adults are found, no larval in: 
tions have been located during the past year in locally grown fruit. 
Table 5 gives in detail the results of inspec ion in Matamoros, Reynosa, and 
adjacent wild growth. 
Table 5. — Infestations of Anastrepha spp. and other Trypetidae in Mexican 
border cities and adjacent wUd growth, fiscal year 19S5 
Adults trapped 
Larvae and pupae found in market fruit 
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July 
18 
18 
11. 340 
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11,409 
113 
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7 
1 
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47 
18 
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October 

7 
84 
1,091 
13 
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1 
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165 
fi 
1 
1.211 
6 
11 
6 
13 
88 
307 
14 
86 
January 
1 
1 
3 
3 
3.047 
1 
4 
2 
1 
9 
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13 
5 
9 
6 
94 
3.504 
682 
1.037 
337 
3.504 
April 
3 
6 
5 
68 
.... 
3 
77 
948 
680 
2 
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1 
1. 114 
m 
1 
7 
2 
1 
14 
Total 
21.637 
L028 
135 
57 
179 
23.109 
SPRAYING OPERATIONS IN TEXAS 
When an adult A. ludens was trapped or larvae were found, the grove in 
question was sprayed with a nicotine sulphate-molasses spray. Daring the past 
year, from December through April, the trees OD 282 premises were given at 
least one complete coverage with this spray and in some Instances certain groves 
Were sprayed twice. There were 92,618 trees sprayed. 
Table g embodies this complete record for the year, with comparative figures 
for 1983-84. 
TABU! G. — Summary of Spraying operation* in Te&OS, fiscal year t$S6 
Month 
Trees 
sprayed 
Premises 
sprayed 
Material used 
Nicotine 
Molasses 
Decern her 
Number 
2,071 
14.274 
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33.270 
24. 743 
Nu mber 
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31 
23 
78 
Oallont 
11 
oa 75 
27.50 
100. 4 
Oallont 
no 
Jnnuary 
2,000.5 
April 
Total 
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313.49 
6.263 
Total for 1933-34 
243 
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