All entries for August 2013
August 30, 2013
Rothamsted Suction Trap captures week ending 25 August
The latest aphid bulletin has just been released: bulletin_18_2013.pdf
More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries_30_aug.doc
Wellesbourne pest counts 30th August
- 99 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
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26 carrot flies (3 traps)
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113 bean seed flies (3 traps)
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1 pollen beetle (3 traps)
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7 small white and 3 large white butterflies (3 traps)
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10 turnip moths (2 traps)
August 28, 2013
Wellesbourne pest counts 27th August
Yesterday we found:
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120 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
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42 carrot flies (3 traps)
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166 bean seed flies (3 traps)
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5 pollen beetles (3 traps)
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29 small white and 8 large white butterflies (3 traps)
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11 turnip moths (2 traps)
August 23, 2013
Rothamsted suction trap captures for week ending 18th August
The latest aphid bulletin has just been released: 2013webbulletin17.pdf
More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries.doc
Friday's pest update from Wellesbourne
Today we found:
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33 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 new sampling plants
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55 carrot flies (3 traps)
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130 bean seed flies (3 traps)
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18 pollen beetles and 1 flea beetle (3 traps)
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11 small white and 3 large white butterflies (3 traps)
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5 silver Y moths (2 traps)
August 20, 2013
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Yesterday we found:
- No cabbage root fly eggs (15 plants)
- 51 carrot flies (3 traps)
- 35 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 13 pollen beetles (3 traps)
- 41 small white butterflies and 16 large white butterflies (3 traps)
- 4 turnip moths (2 traps)
August 16, 2013
Rothamsted Suction Trap captures for week ending 11th August
The bulletin for the week ending 11th August has just been released: 2013webbulletin16.pdf.
This is a summary of captures of vegetabel pest aphids over the last 3 weeks aphid_summaries.pdf
August 15, 2013
Another pest update from Wellesbourne
Today we found:
- 1 cabbage root fly egg (15 plants)
- 19 carrot flies (3 traps)
- 19 bean seed flies, 1 flea beetle, 41 pollen beetles (3 traps)
- 8 small white butterflies and 5 large white butterflies
August 13, 2013
Silver Y moths
There are still plenty of silver Y moths about and they are feeding on a variety of flowering plants. This is one captured in a light trap in Warwickshire on Sunday night.
Pest update Wellesbourne
Yesterday we found:
- 15 carrot flies (3 traps) - numbers still low
- No cabbage root fly eggs (15 plants)
- 4 silver Y moths, 1 turnip moth, 1 diamond-back moth (2 traps each species)
- 28 bean seed flies, 28 pollen beetles, 2 flea beetles (3 traps)
- 14 small white and 10 large white butterflies (3 traps)