All entries for Saturday 28 July 2018

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 24th and 27th July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 0 male and 4 female
• Bean seed flies - 12
• Pollen beetles - 52
• Flea beetles - 875
• Cabbage stem weevil - 6
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 12
• Large white butterfly - 1

We caught 8 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 7 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

There were 0 diamond-back moths, 4 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 4 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 48 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 28 Jul 2018 09:46 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released - for suction trap captures for the week ending 22nd July.

The peach–potato aphid was recorded from all suction trap sites, with numbers increasing at five, but decreasing towards the south.

The mealy cabbage aphid was recorded from all sites, increasing at six, but decreasing towards the south of the country. The highest number recorded was from York (158).

Currant-lettuce aphids were recorded from three sites, each site recording more than single individuals.

The willow ̶carrot aphid was caught at six ST sites in single figures, with numbers increasing at only Broom’s Barn and Wye.

The pea aphid was recorded from all sites, apart from Hereford, and increased in number at seven, particularly towards the north of Britain. There was a hotspot at Kirton (672).

The black bean aphid was caught at twelve sites, increasing in number at six. The highest number recorded was from Dundee (171).

Rosemary Collier : 28 Jul 2018 09:42 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem