All entries for Friday 21 June 2013

Pests at Wellesbourne

Pests recovered today included:

• 18 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 11 cabbage root fly eggs (15 plants)
• 38 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 29 pollen beetles (3 traps)
• 2 turnip moths (2 traps)

Large narcissus flies are still emerging.

Rosemary Collier : 21 Jun 2013 22:48 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Rothamsted Suction Trap Captures

Writing about web page http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/Bulletins/2013WebBulletin8.pdf

The latest aphid bulletin (10-16 June) has just been released.

• No cabbage aphids have been caught in the suction traps.
• The willow–carrot aphid was caught at fourteen sites with numbers increasing at nine sites and highest at Preston (138) and Broom’s Barn (183).
• The first currant–lettuce aphid was caught at Rothamsted - none caught elsewhere.
• Potato aphids were caught at six sites in low numbers.
• Peach-potato aphids were caught at four sites.

There is more detail on captures of the pest aphids of vegetable crops here.aphid_news20130621.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 21 Jun 2013 22:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem