All entries for Friday 06 July 2018

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available.

• The peach-potato aphid was caught at eleven sites across England this week, with numbers increasing at eight. There was a hotspot at Wellesbourne (134).
• The potato aphid was caught at five sites in single figures this bulletin week, increasing in number at three.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was recorded from eleven sites in England this week, increasing at six. The highest number caught was from Writtle (87).
• A single currant-lettuce aphid was recorded from the ST at Starcross this week.
• The willow ̶ carrot aphid was caught at twelve sites this week, with numbers increasing at five sites. The highest number found was from Silwood (19).
• The pea aphid was recorded from twelve sites this week across Britain and increasing in number at nine. The highest number caught was from Rothamsted (48).
• The black bean aphid was caught at thirteen sites this week and increasing in number at nine across Britain.

Rosemary Collier : 06 Jul 2018 16:47 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 3rd and 6th July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 14 male and 13 female
• Bean seed flies - 16
• Pollen beetles - 1194
• Flea beetles - 64
• Cabbage stem weevil - 10
• Cabbage seed weevil - 3
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 46
• 3 small white butterflies

We caught 2 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our carrots.

There were 6 diamond-back moths, 1 silver Y moth, no cabbage moths and no turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 11 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 06 Jul 2018 16:43 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem