All entries for December 2018

Last update for 2018!

Counts from our traps are as follows:

Week ending 4th December:

• 4 carrot flies
• 22 bean seed flies
• 4 flea beetles
• 2 cabbage stem flea beetles

Week ending 11th December:

• 2 carrot flies
• 6 bean seed flies
• 3 flea beetles
• 6 cabbage stem flea beetles

Week ending 18th December (yellow water traps removed - only carrot fly traps 'active')

• no carrot flies

Rosemary Collier : 21 Dec 2018 09:11 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The last edition of AHDB Aphid News for ths year has been published. This if for the week ending 25th November.

• Peach–potato aphids were captured at Writtle (1) and Wye (2).
• No mealy cabbage aphids or willow-carrot aphids (Cavariella aegopodii) were captured.

Rosemary Collier : 01 Dec 2018 07:06 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

We are now emptying the traps weekly rather than twice-weekly.

Between 20th and 27th November our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 0
• Bean seed flies - 14
• Pollen beetles - 0
• Flea beetles - 1
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 3

We caught no carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

Rosemary Collier : 01 Dec 2018 07:01 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem