Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 44 male and 14 female cabbage root flies
• 48 bean seed flies
• 7 flea beetles
• 84 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 39 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 57 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

26 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 9th and 13th August (around 15 plants).

Two diamond-back moths, 2 turnip moths, 7 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

We also caught 3 diamond-back moths on 5 carrot fly traps.

Rosemary Collier : 13 Aug 2019 16:36 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem