Catching up with the pest counts!

A bit behind with the blog as there was a meeting last week of the International Organisation for Biological Control Working Group on pests of vegetables....

On 23 September we found:

• 17 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 7 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 104 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 5 small white butterflies
• 15 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 10 flea beetles (3 traps)

On 26 September we found:

• 1 cabbage root fly egg on 15 sampling plants
• 7 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 79 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 4 small white butterflies
• 10 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 8 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 28 Sep 2013 21:56 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem