Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-29
STATE HOUSE,.
Annual Report Of State
EntomoIogist Hitchings.
Volume Is Interesting and Con-
iains Valuable Information.
transportation Certificates Being
Issued to National Guard.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Gevernor and Council,
Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 10 A. M.

commissioner OF agriculture is the re-
port of Prof. F.. f.. Hitchings, State
4, entcmoIogist, for the year 1906, which
His submitted to commissioner A. w.
fSSilman, of which the following is an
extract. In the opening chapters of the
q report, Prof. Hitchings says in part:
n In some respects the season has
! been an eventful one as regards insect
. invaslons. Letters of inquiry, asking
y for INFORMATION on all kinds of insects,
from the tiny eggs Of plant lice to the
American silk moth, Samia cecropia,
M have been received and answered. Co.
coons of the above named moth were
received frUm January / to June 4
and again in the fall from August %
to December 81. These came from al
most every section. of the State. The
appletent caterpillar CMalacosoma
4Rmericarla) was reported as being very
abundant in many localities. In some
tases whole orchards were badly in
ftsted, large trees being stripped bare,
Hnot a leaf to be seen, the apples stand
& ling out rs lone sentinels. In Septem-
Der the writer saw an average sized
tree WHICH had been stripped in early
Z summer by the above named pest try
ing to recover from the shock 1t was
putting out a few small leaves while
here and there appeared n number of
blossom clusters in full bloom. The
I. chances are against the tree recover
3 ing from the shock.
The apple louise {Aphis pomD was not
as common this year as last, being re-
ported from only a few localities. The
cherry-tree ugly-nest (Archips cerasi-
v0rana attracted great deal of at
tention. as it appeared on many of the
5 wild cherry bushes along the road
q sides. Many specimens We're sent in
1 with the inquiry. as this a brown-taiI
. moths .nest?"
The oyster shell bark louise Gepido-
saphes ulnlD had it's usual run, with
many an Inquiry, us this the San Jose
scale 3: In some localities the rose chat
& ef tMacrodactyllis snbspinosus) did a
4Feat~d4a1 Of damage to the apple crop.
The lling moth (Carpocapsa pomo-
easily controlled by those
believe in and practice spraying,
Int where this was not done the usual
Voas in yyorfny applies was very appar-
Int. The railroad worm (RhaZoletis
Is poFn6nella) was reported as doing it's
Z usual amount of damage without any,
ri special fort on the part of the or
b cnar,lisis 70 control it. AS the female fly
deposits her eggs beneath the skin Of
the apple spraying will not avail. The
only way is to keep the windfaIls well
picked up and fed out, or pasture the
orchard to sheep or hogs, these will do
the work to better advantage.
1t has .becn thought that the pea
louise (NectarGphora pisD had had its
day in Maine. but ii was reported from
several localities. The same was true
Of the Dean wecvil (Bruchus pisD. In
1905 it was generally reported that tho
Colorado potato beetle Hcptinotarsa
decCmlincataJ was gradually diSap-
pcaring but the past season has dem
onstratad this to be 4 fallacy. They
We're never so abundant or SO difficult
To destroy. A number of reports came
in regarding the woody aphs of the
apple (SchZnneura lanigera), in almost
every ease on young trees which had
been shipped into the State bearing a
tag of inspection from some of the
leading nurseries Of the country.
Tussock moths of both species, the
white-marked (Hemerocampa leucOs-
tigma) and the old (Notolophus anti
quad have been very abundant in some
sections. especially in the city of Port
land. A lot of cocoons gathered in Sep
TENDER yielded the following Hymenop-
terus parasites: sPimpla inquisitor,
Say, Pimpa combustion, Say, Thero-
MIA melanOcephala, Brulle, (the same
as reported by DR.. c: II. Fernald In
bulletin No. 10 of the Massachusetts
Station. as parasitic on the pupae of
The gypsy MOTH, Pteromalus sp., and
several Entedoninae or chalcid flies.
On 4 visit to Prouts Neck. by request
OF the Improvement Societv. to inves-
hgatc the forest and insect condition,
found that universal pest, the mos
quito (CulcX pipiens) and a horse fly,
he green head of the seashore (Ta-
banus nigrovittatus) very abundant.
By proper drainage and the use of
crude petroleum on all stagnant pools,
both of these unwelcome guests could
De very much reduced. Miss Edith
fatch of the Experiment Station, re-
ported two species of the malaria mos
quito ,Anorholes runctipennis and A.