All entries for Friday 15 August 2014

Rothamsted suction trap captures

The most recent bulletin can be found here: 2014webbulletin19.pdf

The most recent edition of Aphid News highlights the issue of aphid and flea beetle control in oilseed rape and may be of interest: ahdb_aphid_news_20140814.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 15 Aug 2014 17:21 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between Tuesday (12th) and Friday (15th) we found:

• 48 carrot flies on traps in this year's carrots (3 traps)
• Total of 9 cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
• There was 1 turnip moth, no diamond-back moths or silver Y moths (2 traps per species).

The 3 yellow water traps caught:

• 4 male and 11 female cabbage root flies
• 12 bean seed flies
• 2 pollen beetles
• 9 flea beetles
• 1 small white butterfly

Rosemary Collier : 15 Aug 2014 17:16 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem