Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured between 30th June and 3rd July.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 31 male and 25 female cabbage root fly
- 30 bean seed fly
- 5 flea beetle
- 614 pollen beetles
- 20 cabbage stem weevil
- 0 cabbage seed weevil
- 2 cabbage stem flea beetle
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 11 carrot fly
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 2
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 1
53 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 cauliflower plants.