All entries for Friday 22 June 2018

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 19th and 22nd June our 3yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 7 male and 6 female
• Bean seed flies - 17
• Pollen beetles - approx 7,000
• Flea beetles - 0
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 0

We caught 3 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in spring-sown carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, no silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 1 turnip moth in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 7 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 22 Jun 2018 18:39 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available.

• The peach–potato aphid was caught at eleven ST (sucton trap) sites, increasing at eight. The highest number was recorded from Broom’s Barn (56).
• The potato aphid was caught at six ST sites in single figures, increasing in number at Dundee, Wye and Starcross.
• The cabbage aphid was caught from seven ST sites, increasing at four.
• A single currant-lettuce aphid was recorded from Silwood Park.
• The willow ̶carrot aphid was caught at all ST sites apart from Newcastle, with numbers generally down and only increasing at York, Wellesbourne and Starcross.
• The pea aphid was caught in single figures at ten ST sites and increasing at eight.
• The black bean aphid was caught at nine sites including a hotspot at Starcross.

Rosemary Collier : 22 Jun 2018 16:10 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem