All entries for August 2019

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 176 male and 33 female cabbage root flies
• 14 bean seed flies
• 22 flea beetles
• 3 pollen beetles
• 1 cabbage stem weevil
• 5 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 10 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

38 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 27th and 30th August (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 2 turnip moths, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 30 Aug 2019 19:15 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB News has been published.

Low numbers of peach-potato aphid (3), potato aphid (0), willow-carrot aphid (8), cabbage aphid (1), currant-lettuce aphid (0), pea aphid (2) and black bean aphid (5) were captured in suction traps during the week ending 25^th August.

Rosemary Collier : 30 Aug 2019 19:12 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 83 male and 17 female cabbage root flies
• 15 bean seed flies
• 50 flea beetles
• 9 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 12 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 2 small white butterflies

There were 8 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

29 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 23rd and 27th August (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 0 turnip moths, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

There was one diamond-back moth on one of our 5 sticky traps.

Rosemary Collier : 27 Aug 2019 15:36 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB News has been published.

Very low numbers of peach-potato aphid (2), potato aphid (0), willow-carrot aphid (2), cabbage aphid (0), currant-lettuce aphid (1), pea aphid (1) and black bean aphid (1) were captured in suction traps during the week ending 18^th August.

Rosemary Collier : 23 Aug 2019 15:08 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 221 male and 28 female cabbage root flies
• 26 bean seed flies
• 37 flea beetles
• 26 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 8 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

There were 27 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

148 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 20th and 23rd August (around 15 plants).

One diamond-back moth, 0 turnip moths, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 23 Aug 2019 15:07 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 189 male and 48 female cabbage root flies
• 63 bean seed flies
• 27 flea beetles
• 33 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 6 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

There were 46 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

40 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 16th and 20th August (around 15 plants).

Two diamond-back moths, 0 turnip moths, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

There were 2 diamond-back moths on a total of 5 carrot fly traps.

Rosemary Collier : 20 Aug 2019 20:21 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 11th August.

Very low numbers of peach-potato aphid (2), potato aphid (0), willow-carrot aphid (1), cabbage aphid (1), currant-lettuce aphid (0), pea aphid (2) and black bean aphid (1) were captured in suction traps during the week ending 11^th August.

Rosemary Collier : 16 Aug 2019 16:05 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 115 male and 30 female cabbage root flies
• 44 bean seed flies
• 9 flea beetles
• 59 pollen beetles
• 5 cabbage stem weevils
• 17 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 22 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

8 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 13th and 16th August (around 15 plants).

Two diamond-back moths, 0 turnip moths, 1 silver Y moth and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 16 Aug 2019 16:03 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 44 male and 14 female cabbage root flies
• 48 bean seed flies
• 7 flea beetles
• 84 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 39 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 57 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

26 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 9th and 13th August (around 15 plants).

Two diamond-back moths, 2 turnip moths, 7 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

We also caught 3 diamond-back moths on 5 carrot fly traps.

Rosemary Collier : 13 Aug 2019 16:36 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid Newshas been released for the week ending 4th August.

• Peach–potato aphid numbers were about the same as the previous week - but all were captured in Scotland.
• Two potato aphids were captured in Scotland.
• Cabbage aphid numbers declined to about half of the previous week.
• Single currant–lettuce aphids were captured at Inverness, Dundee and Starcross.
• Four willow-carrot aphids were captured; one each from Preston and Wellesbourne, as well as two from Hereford.
• Pea aphid numbers decreased to around 77% of the previous week.
• Five black bean aphids were captured.

Rosemary Collier : 09 Aug 2019 18:50 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem