All entries for Tuesday 02 July 2013

Willow carrot aphid counts

Marian counted the willow-carrot aphids on 3 x 0.5m lengths of carrot row. All of the counts to date are shown below:

Rosemary Collier : 02 Jul 2013 18:15 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne for 1st July

On 1st July we recovered:

• 13 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 8 silver y moths (2 traps)
• 3 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 8 cabbage root fly eggs (on 15 new cauliflower plants)
• 36 bean seed flies
• 4 pollen beetles

Rosemary Collier : 02 Jul 2013 18:09 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Rothamsted Insect Survey on Farming Today this morning

Writing about web page http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0367p8r

Richard Harrington from the Rothamsted Insect Survey was on the BBC's Farming Today Programme on Radio 4 this morning (6.22 minutes in). He was talking about the suction trap network and the effects of the late spring on aphid activity.

Rosemary Collier : 02 Jul 2013 08:23 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem