Pest update from Wellesbourne

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

• 115 male and 30 female cabbage root flies
• 44 bean seed flies
• 9 flea beetles
• 59 pollen beetles
• 5 cabbage stem weevils
• 17 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 22 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

8 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 13th and 16th August (around 15 plants).

Two diamond-back moths, 0 turnip moths, 1 silver Y moth and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 16 Aug 2019 16:03 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem