Pest update from Wellesbourne
These are the numbers of insects captured between 28th August and 1st September.
Yellow water traps (3)
- 6 male and 7 female cabbage root fly
- 62 bean seed fly
- 10 flea beetle
- 13 pollen beetles
- 0 cabbage stem weevil
- 0 cabbage seed weevil
- 0 cabbage stem flea beetle
- 4 small white butterfly
Sticky traps for carrot fly (3)
- 0 carrot fly
Pheromone traps - 2 per species
- Diamond-back moth 0
- Silver Y moth 7
- Turnip moth (cutworm) 13
2 cabbage root fly eggs on 15 cauliflower plants