All entries for Friday 14 June 2013
June 14, 2013
Rothamsted suction trap captures
Writing about web page http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/Bulletins/2013WebBulletin7.pdf
The latest Aphid Bulletin has just been released. This includes:
- Capture of the first cabbage aphid of the year at Starcross in Devon
- Relatively high numbers of willow-carrot aphid at Preston and several sites further south
- Low numbers of potato aphids at several sites - from Scotland to Devon
- Two peach-potato aphids at Starcross
- One currant-lettuce aphid at Wellesbourne and one at Starcross
This document gives a bit more detail about the pest aphids of vegetables: aphid_news20130614.pdf