Pest update for Friday 19th August

Since Tuesday we have captured:

In pheromone traps (2 per species):

• Turnip moth = 0
• Silver Y moth = 0
• Cabbage moth = 0
• Diamond-back moth = 0

On 3 sticky traps:

• Carrot fly = 19 (in second sowing)

In 3 water traps:

• Cabbage root fly males = 3
• Cabbage root fly females = 12
• Bean seed flies = 3
• Flea beetles = 51
• Pollen beetles = 17
• Small white butterfly = 2
• Large white butterfly = 0
• Cabbage stem weevil = 1

Cabbage root fly eggs = 52 (15 plants)

On our untreated brassicas there are some cabbage aphid colonies and a developing infestation of cabbage whitefly.

Rosemary Collier : 20 Aug 2016 08:23 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem