AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid Newshas been published.

The total numbers of pest aphids captured in the suction traps during the week ending 6 October are as follows: peach-potato aphid (62), potato aphid (5), willow-carrot aphid (288 - with 142 at Dundee), cabbage aphid (4 - at Kirton), currant-lettuce aphid (2), pea aphid (19) and black bean aphid (30).

Rosemary Collier : 11 Oct 2019 17:13 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked yesterday (8th October) there were:

• 31 male and 60 female cabbage root flies
• 99 bean seed flies
• 0 flea beetles
• 1 pollen beetle
• 16 cabbage stem weevils
• 3 cabbage stem flea beetle
• 1 cabbage seed weevil

There were 96 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

16 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 4th and 7th October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 1 turnip moth, 0 silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 09 Oct 2019 17:14 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid Newshas been published.

The total numbers of pest aphids captured in the suction traps during the week ending 29 September are as follows: peach-potato aphid (76), potato aphid (0), willow-carrot aphid (599 - with 553 at Dundee), cabbage aphid (20 - at Kirton), currant-lettuce aphid (0), pea aphid (13) and black bean aphid (38).

Rosemary Collier : 04 Oct 2019 16:47 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 24 male and 55 female cabbage root flies
• 36 bean seed flies
• 3 flea beetles
• 1 pollen beetles
• 51 cabbage stem weevils
• 8 cabbage stem flea beetle
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

There were 36 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

14 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 1st and 4th October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, no turnip moths, 1 silver Y moth and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 04 Oct 2019 15:39 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked today there were:

• 163 male and 98 female cabbage root flies
• 121 bean seed flies
• 4 flea beetles
• 5 pollen beetles
• 12 cabbage stem weevils
• 1 cabbage stem flea beetle
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

There were 89 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

28 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 27th September and 1st October (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 1 turnip moth, 1 silver Y moth and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 01 Oct 2019 15:29 |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Friday (27th) there were:

• 127 male and 101 female cabbage root flies
• 80 bean seed flies
• 5 flea beetles
• 0 pollen beetles
• 2 cabbage stem weevils
• 3 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 2 small white butterflies

There were 48 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps.

29 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 24th and 27th September (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, no turnip moths, no silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 29 Sep 2019 20:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid Newshas been published.

The total numbers of pest aphids captured in the suction traps during the week ending 22 September are as follows: peach-potato aphid (38), potato aphid (0), willow-carrot aphid (47 - with 30 at Dundee), cabbage aphid (14), currant-lettuce aphid (0), pea aphid (19) and black bean aphid (42).

Rosemary Collier : 29 Sep 2019 06:46 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Tuesday (24th) there were:

• 328 male and 101 female cabbage root flies
• 55 bean seed flies
• 12 flea beetles
• 2 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 5 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 2 small white butterflies

There were 83 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

46 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 20th and 24th September (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, 1 turnip moth, no silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 25 Sep 2019 17:06 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps in the swede plot were checked on Friday (20th) there were:

• 114 male and 36 female cabbage root flies
• 47 bean seed flies
• 28 flea beetles
• 0 pollen beetles
• 2 cabbage stem weevils
• 25 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
• 2 small white butterflies

There were 63 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the new plot for 2019.

59 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 17th and 20th September (around 15 plants).

No diamond-back moths, no turnip moths, no silver Y moths and no cabbage moths were captured in pheromone traps. There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 21 Sep 2019 17:11 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been published.

The total numbers of pest aphids captured in the suction traps during the week ending 15 September are as follows: peach-potato aphid (5), potato aphid (1), willow-carrot aphid (19 - with 17 at Dundee), cabbage aphid (4), currant-lettuce aphid (0), pea aphid (12) and black bean aphid (18).

Rosemary Collier : 20 Sep 2019 12:23 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem