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Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 163 male and 98 female cabbage root flies
• 121 bean seed flies
• 4 flea beetles
• 5 pollen beetles
• 12 cabbage stem weevils
• 1 cabbage stem flea beetle
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

There were 89 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

28 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 27th September and 1st October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 1 turnip moth, 1 silver Y moth and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 01 Oct 2019 15:29 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem