All entries for Saturday 08 August 2015

Updated information on Rothamsted suction trap captures

The latest edition of the Rothamsted Suction Trap Bulletin is attached and relates to the week ending 2 August. In general the numbers of aphid species important to vegetable and salad crops have decreased compared with the previous week.

bulletin_17_2015.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 08 Aug 2015 07:37 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Yesterday we found:

• 8 male and 55 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 48 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 52 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
• 66 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 40 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 28 pollen beetles (3 traps)
• 36 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
• 1 large white butterfly (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 08 Aug 2015 07:34 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem