All entries for Sunday 18 November 2018
November 18, 2018
AHDB Aphid News
AHDB Aphid News for the week ending 11 November has been published.
- Peach–potato aphids were captured at 11 suction trap sites, increasing at 10.
- Mealy cabbage aphids were captured at Rothamsted (1) and Wye (30).
- Willow-carrot aphids were captured at Dundee (99), Gogarbank (1), York (3), Preston (1), Kirton (7), Hereford (1), Rothamsted (1), Wye (2) and Starcross (5). Male individuals were captured at York (3), Preston (1), Kirton (5), Rothamsted (1) and Starcross (3) with a hotspot at Dundee (75). It should be noted that the high numbers of males recorded from Dundee are likely to be moving away from crops to overwintering sites on willow.