Update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 39 carrot flies (3 traps) - this may be the start of the second generationas indicated by the forecast
• 235 cabbage root fly eggs (15 plants)
• 14 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 15 pollen beetles, 7 flea beetles, 9 large white butterflies, 4 small white butterflies, 1 cabbage seed weevil, 1 cabbage stem weevil (3 traps)
• 4 silver Y moth (2 traps)

There are good numbers of cabbage aphid, small and large white butterflies, flea beetles and cabbage root flies in our brasscia plots.

Rosemary Collier : 29 Jul 2013 15:38 |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem