Pest update for the week

A few more 'firsts' have happened in the last week or so:

• The 'first' diamond-back moths were captured by several moth trappers from 11th March onwards.
• The 'first' silver Y moth was captured on the Dorset coast on 16-17th March.
• The first pollen beetles were captured in the suction trap at Rothamsted on 9th March.

All of these were reported on Twitter and they are re-tweeted here: https://twitter.com/Warwickpestnews

We caught no further carrot flies last week (traps changed on 14th March) but did capture one Orthops spp. a mirid (capsid) bug that feeds on members of the carrot family https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/orthops_campestris.html and has been the subject of FV 441 in the context of the damage it can cause to celery crops.

Rosemary Collier : 19 Mar 2017 08:32 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem