All entries for May 2019

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 15 male and 9 femaie cabbage root flies
• 38 bean seed flies
• 11 flea beetles
• 133 pollen beetles
• 7 cabbage stem weevils
• 4 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 18 male and 1 femaie cabbage root flies
• 38 bean seed flies
• 31 flea beetles
• 27 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 9 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 1 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 91 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the overwintered carrot plot and 374 flies in a newly-sown plot.

109 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 7 and 10 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 10 May 2019 20:54 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 19 male and 12 femaie cabbage root flies
• 34 bean seed flies
• 2 flea beetles
• 189 pollen beetles
• 5 cabbage stem weevils
• 0 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 21 male and 3 femaie cabbage root flies
• 47 bean seed flies
• 24 flea beetles
• 24 pollen beetles
• 1 cabbage stem weevils
• 5 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 206 carrot flies on the sticky traps.

68 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 3 and 7 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 07 May 2019 16:35 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 28 April.

• Peach-potato aphid - captured at 7 sites
• Potato aphid - captured at 6 sites
• Cabbage aphid - captured at 2 sites
• Willow-carrot aphid - captured at 6 sites
• Pea aphid - captured at 4 sites
• Black-bean aphid - 4 sites

Rosemary Collier : 03 May 2019 16:32 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 33 male and 12 femaie cabbage root flies
• 34 bean seed flies
• 15 flea beetles
• 247 pollen beetles
• 16 cabbage stem weevils
• 3 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 3 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 17 male and 2 femaie cabbage root flies
• 32 bean seed flies
• 29 flea beetles
• 89 pollen beetles
• 9 cabbage stem weevils
• 4 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 2 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 89 carrot flies on the sticky traps.

105 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 30 April and 3 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 03 May 2019 16:28 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem