Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year .. . tribution 89 Life History 89 Control 91 Rodent Control 92 Mouse Control in Orchards 92 Pine and Meadow Mouse Research Work in Connecticut 92 Survey Work 96 Operational Work 97 Other Rodent Problems Studied 98 ; ,\.N Outbreak of the Elm Spanworm in Connecticut, 1938 98 Some After Effects of the Hurricane 102 Effect of Salt Water Spray on Foliage 103 Miscellanteous Insect Notes. 105 Damage by the Furniture Beetle 105 Hexarthrum ulkei Horn, in Buildings 105 Hayfield Damaged by Asiatic Beetle, Anomala orienlalis Waterh 106 Notes on
Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year .. . tribution 89 Life History 89 Control 91 Rodent Control 92 Mouse Control in Orchards 92 Pine and Meadow Mouse Research Work in Connecticut 92 Survey Work 96 Operational Work 97 Other Rodent Problems Studied 98 ; ,\.N Outbreak of the Elm Spanworm in Connecticut, 1938 98 Some After Effects of the Hurricane 102 Effect of Salt Water Spray on Foliage 103 Miscellanteous Insect Notes. 105 Damage by the Furniture Beetle 105 Hexarthrum ulkei Horn, in Buildings 105 Hayfield Damaged by Asiatic Beetle, Anomala orienlalis Waterh 106 Notes on the Asiatic Garden Beetle, Autoserica castanea Arrow 106 Notes on the Hairy Chinch Bug, Blissus hirtus Montandon 107 The European Earwig in Connecticut 107 Control of Rose Chafers on Peaches 108 Results of Trapping Rose Chafers 108 The Forest Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hiibner 109 The European Pine Shoot Moth, Rhyacionia huoliana SchifT Ill Financial Statement 113 Publications, 1938 114 Summary of Office and Inspection Work 115 Illustrations 116 Index 117. WILTON EVERETT BRITTON September 18, 1868—February 15, 1939State Entomologist, July 1, 1901—February 15, 1939 CONNECTICUT STATE ENTOMOLOGIST THIRTY-EIGHTH REPORT 1938W. E. Britton ENTOMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF 1938 TN SEVERAL respects the season of 1938 was unusual. Preceded by afairly mild winter, low temperatures and snow were infrequent alongthe coast, although in certam inland areas much snow and several periodsof sub-zero weather occurred. During seeding time the weather was cooland soil temperatures were too low for quick germination; seeds of corn,beans and peas were infested and destroyed by the seed corn maggot,Hylemyia cilicrura Rond. Many fields were re-planted even two or threetimes. Perhaps the greatest divergence from the normal at the MountCarmel farm was in precipitation during the growing months of May,June and July, when the rainfall was inches or inches abovenormal. The heavy rainfall of Sep
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