AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 19 May.

• Peach-potato aphid - captured at 11 sites and numbers have increased across much of England.
• Potato aphid - captured at 14 sites and numbers have increased at 9 sites.
• Cabbage aphid - captured at 4 sites.
• Willow-carrot aphid - captured at 14 sites. Numbers have increased by around 560% across Britain this week, reaching three figures at York and Preston.
• Pea aphid - captured at 7 sites but in single figures.
• Black-bean aphid - 8 sites.
• Currant-lettuce aphid - 2 sites.

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Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 0 male and 0 femaie cabbage root flies
• 2 bean seed flies
• 19 flea beetles
• 41 pollen beetles
• 8 cabbage stem weevils
• 15 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 4 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 2 male and 0 femaie cabbage root flies
• 18 bean seed flies
• 512 flea beetles
• 101 pollen beetles
• 34 cabbage stem weevils
• 17 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 2 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 68 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the overwintered carrot plot and 288 flies in a newly-sown plot.

31 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 17 and 21 May (around 15 plants).

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

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AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 12 May.

• Peach-potato aphid - captured at 9 sites
• Potato aphid - captured at 7 sites
• Cabbage aphid - captured at 2 sites
• Willow-carrot aphid - captured at 12 sites
• Pea aphid - captured at 6 sites
• Black-bean aphid - 6 sites
• Currant-lettuce aphid - 2 sites

Species recorded in double figures are the peach–potato aphid, from Broom’s Barn and Wellesbourne, as well as the willow–carrot aphid, from Preston, Wellesbourne, Silwood Park and Starcross.

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Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 0 male and 2 femaie cabbage root flies
• 7 bean seed flies
• 12 flea beetles
• 88 pollen beetles
• 9 cabbage stem weevils
• 8 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 9 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 4 male and 0 femaie cabbage root flies
• 17 bean seed flies
• 357 flea beetles
• 66 pollen beetles
• 14 cabbage stem weevils
• 9 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 3 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 88 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the overwintered carrot plot and 555 flies in a newly-sown plot.

45 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 14 and 17 May (around 15 plants).

We caught 1 turnip moth and 1 diamond-back moth. No moths were captured in our other pheromone traps ( silver Y moth, cabbage moth). There are 2 traps for each species.

Rosemary Collier : 17 May 2019 15:44 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 8 male and 4 femaie cabbage root flies
• 29 bean seed flies
• 23 flea beetles
• 183 pollen beetles
• 23 cabbage stem weevils
• 5 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 7 cabbage seed weevils
• 1 small white butterfly

Traps in the new swede plot

• 13 male and 1 femaie cabbage root flies
• 74 bean seed flies
• 311 flea beetles
• 348 pollen beetles
• 59 cabbage stem weevils
• 15 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 9 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 204 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the overwintered carrot plot and 698 flies in a newly-sown plot.

40 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 10 and 14 May (around 15 plants).

We caught 4 turnip moths in 2 pheromone traps. No moths were captured in our other pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 14 May 2019 18:15 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 5 May.

• Peach-potato aphid - captured at 10 sites
• Potato aphid - captured at 8 sites
• Cabbage aphid - captured at 3 sites
• Willow-carrot aphid - captured at 10 sites
• Pea aphid - captured at 9 sites
• Black-bean aphid - 5 sites
• Curraant-lettuce aphid - 4 sites

Species recorded in double figures include the peach–potato aphid from Broom’s Barn and Writtle; the willow-carrot aphid from Preston and Silwood Park; and the black bean aphid from Writtle and Silwood Park.

No samples were received from Newcastle this week.

Rosemary Collier : 10 May 2019 20:57 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 15 male and 9 femaie cabbage root flies
• 38 bean seed flies
• 11 flea beetles
• 133 pollen beetles
• 7 cabbage stem weevils
• 4 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 18 male and 1 femaie cabbage root flies
• 38 bean seed flies
• 31 flea beetles
• 27 pollen beetles
• 0 cabbage stem weevils
• 9 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 1 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 91 carrot flies on the 3 sticky traps in the overwintered carrot plot and 374 flies in a newly-sown plot.

109 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 7 and 10 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 10 May 2019 20:54 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 19 male and 12 femaie cabbage root flies
• 34 bean seed flies
• 2 flea beetles
• 189 pollen beetles
• 5 cabbage stem weevils
• 0 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 21 male and 3 femaie cabbage root flies
• 47 bean seed flies
• 24 flea beetles
• 24 pollen beetles
• 1 cabbage stem weevils
• 5 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 0 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 206 carrot flies on the sticky traps.

68 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 3 and 7 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

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AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released for the week ending 28 April.

• Peach-potato aphid - captured at 7 sites
• Potato aphid - captured at 6 sites
• Cabbage aphid - captured at 2 sites
• Willow-carrot aphid - captured at 6 sites
• Pea aphid - captured at 4 sites
• Black-bean aphid - 4 sites

Rosemary Collier : 03 May 2019 16:32 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne today there were:

Traps in last year's swede plot

• 33 male and 12 femaie cabbage root flies
• 34 bean seed flies
• 15 flea beetles
• 247 pollen beetles
• 16 cabbage stem weevils
• 3 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 3 cabbage seed weevils

Traps in the new swede plot

• 17 male and 2 femaie cabbage root flies
• 32 bean seed flies
• 29 flea beetles
• 89 pollen beetles
• 9 cabbage stem weevils
• 4 cabbage stem flea beetles
• 2 cabbage seed weevils
  

There were 89 carrot flies on the sticky traps.

105 cabbage root fly eggs were laid between 30 April and 3 May (around 15 plants).

No moths were captured in our pheromone traps (diamond-back moth, silver Y moth, turnip moth, cabbage moth).

Rosemary Collier : 03 May 2019 16:28 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem