Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured between 26th and 29th May.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 3 male and 2 female cabbage root fly
- 4 bean seed fly
- 13 flea beetles
- 1273 pollen beetles
- 71 cabbage stem weevil
- 7 cabbage seed weevil
- 0 cabbage stem flea beetle
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 60 carrot flies
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 0
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 6
0 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 cauliflower plants.