All entries for July 2018

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 3rd and 6th July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 14 male and 13 female
• Bean seed flies - 16
• Pollen beetles - 1194
• Flea beetles - 64
• Cabbage stem weevil - 10
• Cabbage seed weevil - 3
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 46
• 3 small white butterflies

We caught 2 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our carrots.

There were 6 diamond-back moths, 1 silver Y moth, no cabbage moths and no turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 11 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 06 Jul 2018 16:43 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 29th June and 3rd July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 19 male and 8 female
• Bean seed flies - 14
• Pollen beetles - 1638
• Flea beetles - 10
• Cabbage stem weevil - 5
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 4

We caught 2 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our carrots.

There were 9 diamond-back moths, 0 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 1 turnip moth in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 28 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 03 Jul 2018 21:19 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 26th and 29th June our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 14 male and 8 female
• Bean seed flies - 23
• Pollen beetles - 1381
• Flea beetles - 6
• Cabbage stem weevil - 7
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 1

We caught 3 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our carrots.

There were 5 diamond-back moths, 0 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and no turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were no cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 02 Jul 2018 16:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available.

• The peach–potato aphid was caught at 10 suction trap (ST) sites this week, but with numbers increasing at only five. The highest number recorded was from Broom’s Barn (67).
• The potato aphid was caught at six sites in single figures this bulletin week, increasing in number at four.
• The cabbage aphid was caught from 11 ST sites in England this week, increasing at 10. There was a hotspot at Starcross (46).
• No currant-lettuce aphids were recorded from the ST this week.
• The willow ̶carrot aphid was caught at 11 ST sites this week, with numbers increasing across England. The highest number found was at York (29) and Broom’s Barn (25).
• The pea aphid was recorded from, and increasing in number at, 11 ST sites this week. The highest number caught was from Rothamsted (41).
• The black bean aphid was caught at eight ST sites this week and increasing in number at seven across England.

Rosemary Collier : 01 Jul 2018 06:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem