All entries for October 2014
October 31, 2014
Rothamsted suction traps
The latest issues of the Rothamsted aphid bulletin and AHDB Aphid News have just been released: 2014webbulletin30.pdfahdb_aphid_news_20141031_2.pdf
October 29, 2014
Update from Wellesbourne
Between Wednesday (22nd) and Tuesday (28th) we found:
- 24 carrot flies on traps in carrots (3 traps)
- We have stopped sampling for cabbage root fly eggs
- There were 2 turnip moths, no diamond-back moths and 1 silver Y moth (2 traps per species).
In 3 yellow water traps within our swede plot there were:
- 1 male cabbage root fly
- 124 bean seed flies
- 1 flea beetle
October 24, 2014
Rothamsted suction trap information
The latest issues of the Rothamsted aphid bulletin and AHDB Aphid News have just been released:
2014webbulletin29.pdfahdb_aphid_news_20141024.pdf
Update from Wellesbourne
Between Wednesday (15th) and Wednesday (22nd) we found:
- 30 carrot flies on traps in carrots (3 traps)
- No cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
- There were 2 turnip moths, no diamond-back moths and 6 silver Y moths (2 traps per species).
In 3 yellow water traps within our swede plot there were:
- No cabbage root flies
- 85 bean seed flies
- 4 flea beetles
October 22, 2014
Updates from Wellesbourne
Between Tuesday (7th) and Friday (10th) we found:
- 15 carrot flies on traps in carrots (3 traps)
- No cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
- There was no turnip moth, no diamond-back moths and no silver Y moths (2 traps per species).
In 3 yellow water traps within our swede plot there were:
- No cabbage root flies
- 52 bean seed flies
- 3 flea beetles
Between Friday (10th) and Wednesday (15th) we found:
- 42 carrot flies on traps in carrots (3 traps) (3rd generation)
- No cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
- There was no turnip moth, no diamond-back moths and no silver Y moths (2 traps per species).
In 3 yellow water traps within our swede plot there were:
- 1 female cabbage root fly
- 110 bean seed flies
- 7 flea beetles
October 17, 2014
Rothamsted suction trap information
The Rothamsted Insect Survey Aphid Bulletin Number 28 for the week ending 12 October 2014 has been issued.2014webbulletin28.pdf
October 11, 2014
Rothamsted suction trap counts
The Rothamsted Insect Survey Aphid Bulletin Number 27 for the dates 29th September – 5th October 2014 has been issued bulletin27.pdf. There is also a new edition of AHDB Aphid News ahdb_aphid_news_20141010.pdf.
October 07, 2014
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Between Friday (3rd) and Tuesday (7th) we found:
- 11 carrot flies on traps in carrots (3 traps)
- No cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
- There was one turnip moth, no diamond-back moths and no silver Y moths (2 traps per species).
In 3 yellow water traps within our swede plot there were:
- 1 male and 3 female cabbage root flies
- 73 bean seed flies
- 4 flea beetles
- 1 pollen beetle!
October 04, 2014
Rothamsted suction trap counts
The latest aphid bulletin has just been released 2014webbulletin26.pdf together with a new issue of AHDB Aphid News ahdb_aphid_news_20141003.pdf.
The very large number of "Indian summer" insects in the suction-traps and the diversity of aphid species have meant that the identification team have been unable to deal with all samples again this week. The same is likely to be true next week as they will be looking at samples collected from last Monday to the coming Sunday. With a return to more typical weather, numbers trapped in the coming week are likely to drop somewhat.
October 03, 2014
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Between Tuesday (30th) and Friday (3rd) we found:
- 6 carrot flies on traps in this year's carrots (3 traps)
- No cabbage root fly eggs from around 15 cauliflower plants.
- No turnip moths, no diamond-back moths and no silver Y moths (2 traps per species).
The samples from the 3 yellow water traps contained:
- 0 male and 2 female cabbage root flies
- 33 bean seed flies
- 1 cabbage stem flea beetle
- 8 flea beetles