.'l*' fSCOf Mw M ■ 34—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 11, 1974 17-Year Locusts Will Invade Pa. This Spring Berks. Lebanon county is not morning, masses of empty program has proved to be a expected to be hit by the cases may litter tree trunk, spra y mixture to two locusts. . twigs, fencing and other tablespoons of Sevln 50W Damage done by female males begin carbaryl insecticide (a cicadas during egg laying is a major threat to young or ?„, fem .*. e . 3 ’ * nd m * tb ? g of water. In commerical recently-transplanted trees « ithin a w«ek and plants. oC-er 70 species f aU ™* d tb ?f °f * our **ya of plants are known to have a iss sustained serious injury, . Tbe J * n | ale selects a with apple, peach, pear, vigorous twig and punctures hickory, and oak trees high tbe h®**’ f ash | on tog a .p ai f of on the list. ragged slits in it with her Homeowners, nurserymen ®B6‘ la yh>g appendage, and fruit growers who fail to Twen . t . y or m ° re . sbts a^ e protect plants subject to sometimes made m a single attack will run the dire risk * WI S with approximatley two of heavy losses. dozeneggsdeposited in each Cicada nymphs emerge 9 ne,^b * sd fstructive process from the ground-usually at 15 repeated on several twigs night -with males preceding un * d eacl > female has laid as females by several days. By mar, y as e 66 s - About six weeks after emergence, adults begin to die off rapidly. In addition to fruit loss in orchards, and dieback caused in growing tips of ornamentals? these wounds also can cause diseases and ♦ insects to gain a foothold. Scale insects and woolly aphids frequently follow in the wake of cicada egg laying. This can lead to severe decline in the cases of established apple trees, while young transplanted orchard tree have been killed. Cicada eggs hatch after six or seven weeks. The young shed their protective membranes and drop to the ground. Burrowing into it, they begin to feed on rootlets' that grow into the cells that they form. These cells will serve as homes for the next 17 years, during which time four nymphal stages will eccur. In almott 800 counties in IS states east of the Mississippi and the District of Columbia, a weird, unending drone is going to fill the air this spring. During May and June, this noise will herald the arrival of hordes of periodical cicadas-or 17-year locust of Brood XIV which last appeared in 1957. In parts of Alabama, Louisianna, Mississippi and Florida, the much smaller Brood XXI, which operates on a 13-year cycle, also will emerge. Lancaster County is ex pected to see some locust activity, while heavy con centrations of cicadas are forecast for 14 Pa. counties, including Schuylkill and ciowing CORN NEEDS NITROGEN We Can Supply Your Needs call ZOOK & RANCK, Inc. . RDI, Gap. Pa. 17527 Phone 717-442-4171 Electric Fence Controller Repairs AUTHORIZED FACTORY SERVICE ON MOST SHOCKERS Repair Them Now. GLENN M. HOOVER Leola RDI, Oregon Pike, 17540 656-8020 Manufacturers of Kafstals, Veal Stalls, Bale Wagons 3' i i In Natural causes, such as weather, insect predators and birds, take a rea sonably high toll of all cicada broods, but they must be supplemented by a regular chemical control program if heavy damage to plants is to be avoided. The most effective >n I u > Growing Degrees, Rainfall A report from Penn State of weekly crop and weather round-ups with a report on weather conditions for the week ending May 6. In Lancaster, the average temperature for the week was 58 degrees, the normal average for the time of year. Growing degree days for crops that start at 40 degrees totaled 511 degree days or 101 more than the normal average. For crops starting at 50 degrees growing degree days totaled 198, which is 80 more than average. Rainfall for the week was .51 inches. Rainfall measured from April 1 was 5.37 inches, 1.05 inches more than the normal average. 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