AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released:

• The peach–potato aphid was captured at 5 suction trap sites, with only Preston catching more than one individual.
• No potato aphids were captured.
• Single mealy cabbage aphids were captured at Gogarbank and Kirton.
• No currant-lettuce aphids were captured.
• Willow ̶ carrot aphids were only found in the suction traps at Dundee (4) and Kirton (1).
• Pea aphids were captured at Wellesbourne (2) and Writtle (1).
• The black bean aphid was captured at Gogarbank (2), Kirton (1) and Writtle (1).

Rosemary Collier : 14 Sep 2018 17:04 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 11th and 14th September our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 88 male and 40 female
• Bean seed flies - 35
• Pollen beetles - 9
• Flea beetles - 38
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 4

We caught no carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, 1 silver Y moth, no cabbage moths and 5 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 13 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 14 Sep 2018 16:57 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 7th and 11th September our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies -113 male and 34 female
• Bean seed flies - 59
• Pollen beetles - 10
• Flea beetles - 73
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 1

We caught 3 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, 4 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 3 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 68 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 11 Sep 2018 17:09 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released:

• The peach–potato aphid was captured in suction traps at five sites, with numbers increasing at three towards the north of Britain.
• No potato aphids were captured.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was captured at five sites, increasing at three.
• No currant-lettuce aphids were captured.
• Only 9 willow ̶carrot aphids were captured – 8 at Dundee and 1 at Rothamsted.
• Pea aphids were captured at Preston (3), Wellesbourne (1) and Hereford (2)
• The black bean aphid was caught at four sites with single aphids found at all but Dundee (8).

Rosemary Collier : 07 Sep 2018 20:18 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 4th and 7th September our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 45 male and 52 female
• Bean seed flies - 30
• Pollen beetles - 6
• Flea beetles - 53
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 0

We caught 8 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, no silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 3 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 7 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 07 Sep 2018 19:41 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 31st August and 4th September our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 98 male and 58 female
• Bean seed flies - 31
• Pollen beetles - 10
• Flea beetles - 102
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 11

We caught 7 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, 2 silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 8 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 8 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 04 Sep 2018 17:42 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released:

• The peach–potato aphid was captured at Kirton (19) and Hereford (1).
• Only a single potato aphid was captured - at Dundee.
• The mealy cabbage aphid was captured at four sites, but increasing at only Preston (8) and Kirton (26).
• A single currant-lettuce aphid was captured in the Hereford suction trap.
• Only four willow ̶ carrot aphids were captured - at Dundee.
• Single pea aphids were captured at Dundee, York and Wye.
• The black bean aphid was only caught at Dundee (9), Gogarbank (3) and Hereford (1).

Rosemary Collier : 31 Aug 2018 16:25 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 28th and 31st August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 113 male and 103 female
• Bean seed flies - 54
• Pollen beetles - 8
• Flea beetles - 109
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 16 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were no diamond-back moths, no silver Y moths, no cabbage moths and 2 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There was 1 cabbage root fly egg around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 31 Aug 2018 16:20 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Between 24th and 28th August our 3 yellow water traps captured:

• Cabbage root flies - 134 male and 31 female
• Bean seed flies - 70
• Pollen beetles - 0
• Flea beetles - 87
• Cabbage stem weevil - 0
• Cabbage seed weevil - 0
• Cabbage stem flea beetle - 2
• Small white butterfly - 1

We caught 15 carrot flies on 3 sticky traps in our second sowing of carrots.

There were 0 diamond-back moths, 1 silver Y moth, no cabbage moths and 19 turnip moths in our traps (2 traps per pest).

There were 0 cabbage root fly eggs around our 15 brassica plants.

Rosemary Collier : 28 Aug 2018 21:03 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

AHDB Pest Bulletin

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