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Pest update frrom Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Friday 11th October there were:

• 6 male and 19 female cabbage root flies
• 48 bean seed flies
• 0 flea beetles
• 0 pollen beetles
• 3 cabbage stem weevils
• 2 cabbage stem flea beetles

There were 49 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

5 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 8th and 11th October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 0 turnip moths, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 15 Oct 2019 06:44 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem