All entries for August 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

Rosemary Collier : 30 Aug 2013 21:42 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest counts 30th August

• 99 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 26 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 113 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 1 pollen beetle (3 traps)
• 7 small white and 3 large white butterflies (3 traps)
• 10 turnip moths (2 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 30 Aug 2013 21:29 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest counts 27th August

Yesterday we found:

• 120 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 42 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 166 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 5 pollen beetles (3 traps)
• 29 small white and 8 large white butterflies (3 traps)
• 11 turnip moths (2 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 28 Aug 2013 16:39 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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

Rosemary Collier : 23 Aug 2013 15:09 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Friday's pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 33 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 new sampling plants
• 55 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 130 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 18 pollen beetles and 1 flea beetle (3 traps)
• 11 small white and 3 large white butterflies (3 traps)
• 5 silver Y moths (2 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 23 Aug 2013 15:00 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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)

Rosemary Collier : 20 Aug 2013 07:25 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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

Rosemary Collier : 16 Aug 2013 16:30 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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

Rosemary Collier : 15 Aug 2013 21:56 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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.

Rosemary Collier : 13 Aug 2013 08:00 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

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)

Rosemary Collier : 13 Aug 2013 07:53 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem