All entries for May 2020
May 30, 2020
Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured between 26th and 29th May.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 3 male and 2 female cabbage root fly
- 4 bean seed fly
- 13 flea beetles
- 1273 pollen beetles
- 71 cabbage stem weevil
- 7 cabbage seed weevil
- 0 cabbage stem flea beetle
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 60 carrot flies
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 6
0 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 cauliflower plants.
May 26, 2020
Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured since Friday, 22nd May.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 4 male and 1 female cabbage root fly
- 8 bean seed fly
- 14 flea beetles
- 1845 pollen beetles
- 31 cabbage stem weevil
- 1 cabbage seed weevil
- 0 cabbage stem flea beetle
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 56 flies
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 7
1 cabbage root fly egg on 15 cauliflower plants.
May 22, 2020
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Yellow water traps and pheromone traps were installed again at Wellesbourne on 19th May. The counts are below. The carrot fly trap counts are also shown.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 8 male and 3 female cabbage root fly
- 8 bean seed fly
- 7 flea beetles
- 1346 pollen beetles
- 51 cabbage stem weevil
- 13 cabbage seed weevil
- 4 cabbage stem flea beetle
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 140 flies
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 1
May 20, 2020
Pest update 18 May
Allotments (3 traps)
- 1 male and 2 female cabbage root flies
- 5 bean seed flies
Garden (6 traps)
- 1 female cabbage root fly
Pest update 17 May
Allotments (3 traps)
- 1 female cabbage root fly
Garden (6 traps)
- 1 female cabbage root fly
- 1 bean seed fly
Pest update 16 May
Allotments (3 traps)
- 3 male cabbage root flies
- 1 cabbage stem flea beetle
- 8 bean seed flies
Garden (6 traps)
- 2 bean seed flies
Pest update 14 May
Allotments (3 traps)
- 4 male and 2 female cabbage root flies
- 3 cabbage stem flea beetle
Garden (6 traps)
- 3 male and 1 female cabbage root flies
- 1 bean seed fly