All entries for March 2020

Pest update 31st March

There was 1 bean seed fly in the allotment traps (3) and 3 bean seed flies in the garden traps (6) plus one pollen beetle.

Rosemary Collier : 31 Mar 2020 20:05 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 30th March

One bean seed fly today - in the 3 water traps in the allotments.

Another 5 water traps were set up on 28th March in my garden. By today (2 days) they had capturee=d:

• 14 bean seed fly
• 1 female cabbage root fly
• 1 pollen beetle
  

Rosemary Collier : 30 Mar 2020 17:10 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 29th March

There were no pests in the yellow water traps today.

Rosemary Collier : 29 Mar 2020 17:42 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 28th March

Nothing in the water traps today. Too cold and windy!

Rosemary Collier : 28 Mar 2020 17:14 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 27th March

Captures yesterday in 3 yellow water traps:

• 4 bean seed fly
• 2 pollen beetle
  

Rosemary Collier : 28 Mar 2020 11:56 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update

Because of the coronavirus situation, and the closure of the University of Warwick premises, the 3 yellow water traps have been moved to the allotments in the village of Tysoe, 10 miles from Wellesbourne. The aim is to empty the traps daily - on my exercise route.

The traps were set up yesterday and captured 4 pollen beetles.

Rosemary Collier : 26 Mar 2020 21:16 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbounre

In our 3 water traps emptied today there were:

• 28 bean seed flies
• 74 pollen beetles
• 1 cabbage stem weevil

There were no carrot flies on our orange sticky traps.

Rosemary Collier : 17 Mar 2020 15:58 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 10th March

Totals from 3 yellow water traps on 10th March:

• 16 bean seed flies
• 10 pollen beetles
• 1 cabbage stem weevil

Rosemary Collier : 11 Mar 2020 06:17 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

We have trapped a few more bean seed flies. Totals from 3 yellow water traps:

3 March 4

No carrot flies or cabbage root flies have been trapped.

We've also been counting the aphids on our overwintering carrots again:

3 March 2.7 per plant

All of these are wingless.

Rosemary Collier : 06 Mar 2020 10:27 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem