pest update from Wellesbourne

Between Friday (22nd) and Tuesday (26th) we found:

• 49 carrot flies on traps in this year's carrots (3 traps)
• Total of 16 cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
• There were 5 turnip moths, no diamond-back moths and no silver Y moths (2 traps per species). This looks as if it may be the start of the second generation of turnip moths - which generally does not cause problems.

The 3 yellow water traps caught:

• 94 male and 35 female cabbage root flies
• 55 bean seed flies
• 11 flea beetles
• 1 small white butterfly

Rosemary Collier : 27 Aug 2014 11:34 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem