Pest update from Wellesbourne
Between Tuesday (20th) and Friday (23rd) we found:
- 226 carrot flies on traps in this year's carrots (3 traps)
- 1 winged willow-carrot aphid on 3 x 0.5 m lengths of carrot row (21 May)
In the 3 water traps in the 'new' cauliflower plot:
- 2 male and 15 female cabbage root flies
- 42 bean seed flies
- 32 pollen beetles
- 72 flea beetles - these have increased in number since the last sample was taken
- 4 cabbage stem weevils - also an increase in numbers
We collected a total of 76 cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants (planted 15 April).
There were no diamond-back or silver Y moths, but we caught one turnip moth (cutworm) the first of the year!
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