All entries for August 2018

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released:

• The peach–potato aphid was captured at Kirton (19) and Hereford (1).
• Only a single potato aphid was captured - at Dundee.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was captured at four sites, but increasing at only Preston (8) and Kirton (26).
• A single currant-lettuce aphid was captured in the Hereford suction trap.
• Only four willow ̶ carrot aphids were captured - at Dundee.
• Single pea aphids were captured at Dundee, York and Wye.
• The black bean aphid was only caught at Dundee (9), Gogarbank (3) and Hereford (1).

Rosemary Collier : 31 Aug 2018 16:25 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 28th and 31st August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 113 male and 103 female
• Bean seed flies - 54
• Pollen beetles - 8
• Flea beetles - 109
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 16 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

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

There was 1 cabbage root fly egg around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 31 Aug 2018 16:20 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 24th and 28th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 134 male and 31 female
• Bean seed flies - 70
• Pollen beetles - 0
• Flea beetles - 87
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 15 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were 0 diamond-back moths, 1 silver Y moth, no cabbage moths and 19 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 0 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 28 Aug 2018 21:03 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Pest Bulletin

Rosemary Collier : 25 Aug 2018 07:45 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 21st and 24th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 16 male and 4 female
• Bean seed flies - 24
• Pollen beetles - 6
• Flea beetles - 192
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 3
• Small white butterfly - 2

We caught 10 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were 0 diamond-back moths, 0 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 10 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 5 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 25 Aug 2018 07:29 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 17th and 21st August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 32 male and 13 female
• Bean seed flies - 13
• Pollen beetles - 15
• Flea beetles - 265
• Cabbage stem weevil -1
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 1
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 17 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were 0 diamond-back moths, 0 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 4 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

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

Rosemary Collier : 21 Aug 2018 16:58 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has just been released (for the week ending 12th August).

• The peach–potato aphid was found in suction traps at York (2) and Kirton (14).
• The mealy cabbage aphid was found at six sites, increasing at only three.
• One currant-lettuce aphid was found in the Hereford trap.
• Only a single willow ̶ carrot aphid was captured - from York.
• The pea aphid was captured in single figures at six sites, increasing at only Wellesbourne.
• The black bean aphid was only captured at Dundee (4), Gogarbank (11) and York (1).
• The potato aphid was only found in traps at Dundee (1) and Gogarbank (3).

Rosemary Collier : 17 Aug 2018 16:08 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 14th and 17th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 32 male and 23 female
• Bean seed flies - 45
• Pollen beetles - 7
• Flea beetles - 202
• Cabbage stem weevil -1
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 1

We caught 7 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were 1 diamond-back moth, 2 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 4 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

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

Rosemary Collier : 17 Aug 2018 15:58 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 10th and 14th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 12 male and 2 female
• Bean seed flies - 36
• Pollen beetles - 5
• Flea beetles - 248
• Cabbage stem weevil -2
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 4

We caught 14 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 27 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

There were 1 diamond-back moth, no silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 7 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 3 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 14 Aug 2018 17:27 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellebourne

Between 7th and 10th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 2 male and 5 female
• Bean seed flies - 16
• Pollen beetles - 24
• Flea beetles - 438
• Cabbage stem weevil - 2
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 28 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 8 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

There were no diamond-back moths, no silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 10 turnip moth in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 7 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 10 Aug 2018 16:19 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem