All entries for September 2013

Latest information from the Rothamsted Insect Survey

Writing about web page http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/Bulletins/2013WebBulletin22.pdf

The latest aphid bulletin has just been released.

More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries_27_sep.doc

Rosemary Collier : 28 Sep 2013 22:01 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Catching up with the pest counts!

A bit behind with the blog as there was a meeting last week of the International Organisation for Biological Control Working Group on pests of vegetables....

On 23 September we found:

• 17 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 7 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 104 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 5 small white butterflies
• 15 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 10 flea beetles (3 traps)

On 26 September we found:

• 1 cabbage root fly egg on 15 sampling plants
• 7 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 79 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 4 small white butterflies
• 10 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 8 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 28 Sep 2013 21:56 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Latest information from Rothamsted Insect Survey

Writing about web page http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/Bulletins/2013WebBulletin21.pdf

The latest aphid bulletin has just been released.

More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries_20_sep.doc

Rosemary Collier : 20 Sep 2013 21:45 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest counts update

Today we found:

• 26 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 5 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 103 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• No small white butterflies!
• 16 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 3 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 19 Sep 2013 17:52 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest update 16th September

On Monday we found:

• 29 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 6 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 150 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 25 small white butterflies (3 traps)
• 20 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 4 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 18 Sep 2013 08:04 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Latest information from Rothamsted Insect Survey

The latest aphid bulletin has just been released: 2013webbulletin20.pdf

More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries_13_sep.doc

Rosemary Collier : 13 Sep 2013 16:17 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest update

Today we found:

• 17 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 5 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 161 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 12 small white butterflies (3 traps)
• 16 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 4 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 12 Sep 2013 17:55 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest counts 9 September

Today we found:

• 122 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 18 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 89 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 15 small white butterflies (3 traps)
• 13 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 1 flea beetle (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 09 Sep 2013 18:53 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Rothamsted suction trap captures week ending 1 September

Writing about web page http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/insect-survey/Bulletins/2013WebBulletin19.pdf

The latest aphid bulletin has just been released. More detailed information on the pest aphids of vegetables is here: aphid_summaries_6_sep.doc

Rosemary Collier : 07 Sep 2013 06:56 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Wellesbourne pest counts 5 September

• 44 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 sampling plants
• 18 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 96 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 6 small white and 1 large white butterflies (3 traps)
• 6 turnip moths (2 traps)
• 9 flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 05 Sep 2013 18:33 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem