Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured between 31st July and 4th August.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 21 male and 13 female cabbage root fly
- 7 bean seed fly
- 105 flea beetle
- 166 pollen beetles
- 4 cabbage stem weevil
- 1 cabbage seed weevil
- 1 cabbage stem flea beetle
- 1 small white butterfly
Sticky traps for carrot fly
- 21 carrot fly
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 0
6 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 'new' cauliflower plants.