Pest update from Wellesbourne
Today we found:
- 8 male and 4 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
- 248 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 1 pollen beetle (3 traps)
- 313 carrot flies (3 traps) in our overwintered carrots - flies emerging from pupae in the soil
- 40 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots - flies arriving from emergence site
- 39 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
We have also started to count the numbers of willow-carrot aphids on our new carrots and found 5 winged and 2 wingless aphids on 3 x 0.5 m lengths of row of carrot.
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