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Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Tuesday 22nd October there were:

• 4 male and 9 female cabbage root flies
• 29 bean seed flies
• 1 pollen beetle
• 8 cabbage stem weevils

There were 42 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

No cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 18th and 22nd October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 1 turnip moth, 3 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species

Rosemary Collier : 24 Oct 2019 16:49 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem