. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 1915 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 73 In Quebec Province the following counties were infested: Pontiac, Wright, Eichelieu, Quebec, Portneuf and Champlain. In New Brunswick these counties were infested: Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, St. John, and Albert. In Nova Scotia: Yarmouth, Digby, Queens, Annapolis, Kings, Hants, Lunen- burg, Halifax, Colchester, Cumberland, Pictou, Antigonish, Guysboro, Cape Breton and Inverness. In the western provinces no injury which we could trace to the Army-worm occurred. In s
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 1915 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 73 In Quebec Province the following counties were infested: Pontiac, Wright, Eichelieu, Quebec, Portneuf and Champlain. In New Brunswick these counties were infested: Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York, St. John, and Albert. In Nova Scotia: Yarmouth, Digby, Queens, Annapolis, Kings, Hants, Lunen- burg, Halifax, Colchester, Cumberland, Pictou, Antigonish, Guysboro, Cape Breton and Inverness. In the western provinces no injury which we could trace to the Army-worm occurred. In several instances reports of injury were received, but upon investiga- tion the insect was found to be the Sugar Beet Webworm (Lorostege sticticalis).. Fig. 10.—Individual corn plant, showing Fig. 11.—Army-worms in trench, near Kin complete defoliation by army-worm, burn, Ont., July 1914 (Original). Kinburn, Ont., July, 1914 (Original). In Manitoba the moths of the Army-worm were present in numbers in the earlier part of August, which would indicate that caterpillars were numerous in some localities. No injury, however, was reported. The crops attacked were oats, barley, corn, hay, spring wheat, alfalfa, clover, peas, mangolds, beets, turnips and millet. The chief damage was done to oats and to pasture lands. In Ontario in the counties of Oxford, Brant and Elgin, where the Army-worms were most abundant, whole fields of oats, com, and barley were devastated. It is difficult to estimate the loss caused by the Army-worm during the past summer, but undoubtedly, all things being considered, such as destruction of crops, 6 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto, The Society
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