All entries for Monday 16 September 2019

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Friday (13th) there were:

• 207 male and 87 female cabbage root flies
• 35 bean seed flies
• 18 flea beetles
• 3 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 0 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

There were 58 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

78 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 10th and 13th September (around 15 plants).

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

Rosemary Collier : 16 Sep 2019 16:35 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem