All entries for April 2015

Trapping pests at Wellesbourne

We set up traps for brassica pests (yellow water trap) and carrot fly (sticky trap) on 7 April. The traps were checked yesterday. There were no carrot flies and no cabbage root flies but in the 3 water traps there were:

• 156 bean seed flies
• 5 pollen beetles
• 4 flea beetles
• 1 cabbage seed weevil

All of the beetles will have overwintered as adults.

Rosemary Collier : 11 Apr 2015 07:19 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pollen beetles

Lots of overwintered pollen beetles in kingcup flowers in the Windrush Valley, Gloucestershire today!

Rosemary Collier : 05 Apr 2015 20:13 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Forecasts for cabbage root fly, carrot fly and willow–carrot aphid

The HDC Pest Bulletin website will soon be up and running for 2015. In the meantime forecasts for cabbage root fly, carrot fly and willow- carrot aphid are here:

brassica_cabbage_root_fly_template_3_april_2015.pdf

carrot_fly_template_3_april_2015.pdf

carrot_aphid_template_3_april_2015.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 03 Apr 2015 16:04 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem