Pest update for Friday, 26th August

Since Friday we have captured:

In pheromone traps (2 per species):

• Turnip moth = 0
• Silver Y moth = 0
• Cabbage moth = 0
• Diamond-back moth = 8

On 3 sticky traps:

• Carrot fly = 9 (in second sowing)

In 3 water traps:

• Cabbage root fly males = 1
• Cabbage root fly females = 27
• Bean seed flies = 6
• Flea beetles = 39
• Pollen beetles = 18
• Small white butterfly = 1
• Large white butterfly = 0
• Cabbage stem weevil = 1

Cabbage root fly eggs = 30 (15 plants)

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

Rosemary Collier : 27 Aug 2016 12:27 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem