All entries for Saturday 14 July 2018

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 10th and 13th July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 6 male and 6 female
• Bean seed flies - 19
• Pollen beetles - 704
• Flea beetles - 213
• Cabbage stem weevil -22
• Cabbage seed weevil - 1
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 58

We caught 4 carrot flies on 2 sticky traps in our carrots.

There were 6 diamond-back moths, 5 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 0 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 22 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 14 Jul 2018 07:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available.

• The peach–potato aphid was caught at 13 suction trap sites across Britain this week, with numbers increasing at 12. There was a hotspot at Broom’s Barn (746).
• The potato aphid was caught at six sites in single figures this bulletin week, increasing in number at four.
• The black bean aphid was caught at 11 sites this week but increasing in number at only five across Britain.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was recorded from 11 sites this week and increasing at 10. There was a hotspot at Writtle (839).
• Single currant-lettuce aphids were recorded from suction traps at Ayr and Hereford this week.
• The willow ̶carrot aphid was caught at eight sites this week, but with numbers increasing at only four. The highest number found was from Wellesbourne.
• The pea aphid was recorded from all 14 sites this week and increasing in number at 11. Particularly high numbers were recorded from Wellesbourne, Writtle, Broom’s Barn and Rothamsted.
  

Rosemary Collier : 14 Jul 2018 07:36 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem