. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 515 - COTTON INSECTS BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis) - NORTH CAROLINA - Between broods in Hoke County. (Mistric). Over 60 percent squares infested in untreated cotton in Scotland, Hoke and Anson Counties. Thirty to 50 percent squares infested in treated fields in Scotland and Anson Counties with other counties having less than 20 percent infestation. Averages low for most northern counties. (Jones et al.). SOUTH CAROLINA - Emergence continues. (Cott. Lett.). Emergence in trap plots at Florence to June 21: 1957-484, 1956
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 515 - COTTON INSECTS BOLL WEEVIL (Anthonomus grandis) - NORTH CAROLINA - Between broods in Hoke County. (Mistric). Over 60 percent squares infested in untreated cotton in Scotland, Hoke and Anson Counties. Thirty to 50 percent squares infested in treated fields in Scotland and Anson Counties with other counties having less than 20 percent infestation. Averages low for most northern counties. (Jones et al.). SOUTH CAROLINA - Emergence continues. (Cott. Lett.). Emergence in trap plots at Florence to June 21: 1957-484, 1956-592, 1955-1,403. Average of 11 percent infestation in 8 untreated fields in Florence County. Two percent infestation in 3 treated fields. (Walker et al.). GEORGIA - Twenty-four percent punctured squares in nine northeast and northwest fields. Plant counts in 17 fields showed average of 1282 weevils per acre. (Johnson). Average of 178 and 357 weevils per acre in 2 fields in Spalding County, June 14. (Beckham). ALABAMA - Forty- five fields examined in 11 central and northwest counties and all fields infested at average rate of 34 percent punctured squares. (Grimes). MISSISSIPPI - Adults hard to find in delta cotton fields. Square infestation averages 7 percent. (Merkl et al.). LOUISIANA - Populations continue to build up over State. (Oliver). Weevils found in 56 of 84 fields in Madison Parish at averages of 160 for all fields. First field-generation weevils appearing. Squares examined in 31 fields and all infested: 23 percent in 17 treated and 23 percent also in 14 untreated. (Smith et al.). ARKANSAS - Overwintered weevils as far north as Mississippi and Clay Counties. Emergence passed peak many areas. Eighteen percent of fields infested compared with 29 last year at this time. (Barnes et al.). TENNESSEE - Light in southwestern counties. (Locke). TEXAS - Twenty-two percent square infestation in 25 fields in McLennan and Falls Counties. (Parencia et al.) Reported in fields as far
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