All entries for August 2018

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available (week ending 5th August).

• The peach–potato aphid was recorded from six suction trap sites, increasing at Newcastle. There was a hotspot at Kirton (67).
• The potato aphid was recorded from Dundee, Gogarbank and Newcastle, with numbers increasing at only Newcastle.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was recorded from 10 sites but decreasing across the country, apart from Hereford (where there was an increase).
• One currant-lettuce aphid was recorded from the Kirton ST this week.
• No willow ̶carrot aphids were recorded.
• The pea aphid was recorded from nine sites, increasing at only Newcastle and Hereford. The highest number was recorded from York (42).
• The black bean aphid was caught at five sites. There was a hotspot at Dundee (32).

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

Pest update from Wellesbourne

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

• Cabbage root flies - 0 male and 6 female
• Bean seed flies - 16
• Pollen beetles - 25
• Flea beetles - 670
• Cabbage stem weevil - 6
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 1

We caught 91 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 16 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

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

There were 21 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 07 Aug 2018 16:54 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

Tha latest edition of AHDB Aphid News is available - for the week ending 29th July.

• The peach–potato aphid was recorded from 11 suction trap sites, decreasing over most of Britain with numbers only increasing at Dundee. There was, however, a hotspot at Kirton (266).
• The potato aphid was caught at six sites, with numbers increasing at only York and Starcross.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was recorded from all sites but increasing at only three. There was a hotspot at York (125).
• Two currant-lettuce aphids were recorded from the Hereford trap.
• The willow ̶carrot aphid was caught at six sites in single figures, with numbers increasing at four. The highest number found was at Preston (4).
• The pea aphid was recorded from all sites, apart from Silwood, and increased in number at four. There were hotspots at York (155) and Kirton (106).
• The black bean aphid was caught at 11 sites, increasing in number at four. There was a hotspot at Dundee (108).

Rosemary Collier : 04 Aug 2018 06:39 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 3rd August

Between 31st July and 3rd August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 2 male and 8 female
• Bean seed flies - 23
• Pollen beetles - 16
• Flea beetles - 640
• Cabbage stem weevil - 4
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2

We caught 45 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 12 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

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

There were 36 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 03 Aug 2018 17:52 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update 31 July

Between 27th and 31st July our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 3 male and 2 female
• Bean seed flies - 30
• Pollen beetles - 29
• Flea beetles - 555
• Cabbage stem weevil - 3
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 7

We caught 12 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our first sowing of carrots and 5 carrot flies on our traps in the second sowing.

There were 3 diamond-back moths, 2 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 1 turnip moth in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 48 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 03 Aug 2018 17:48 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem