Monitoring diamond-back moth in commercial crops 2022

As in previous years, several UK brassica growers and agronomists are monitoring diamond-back moths in their crops using pheromone traps. The results will be summarised on this web page.

If anyone else would like to contribute monitoring data to this site please contact .

See also the which has information on pest activity in Lincolnshire crops.

The table below summarises the numbers of moths captured in pheromone traps in commercial brassica crops plus other observations.

Date	Location	Number of traps	Mean number of moths per trap
22 Nov	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	1
15 Nov	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	1.5
8 Nov	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
1 Nov	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0.5
28 Oct	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
25 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0.5
21 Oct	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
21 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
18 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
14 Oct	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
14 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
11 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
7 Oct	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
7 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
4 Oct	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
30 Sep	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
30 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
27 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
23 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
23 Sep	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
20 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
16 Sep	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0.1
16 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
13 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
9 Sep	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0.3
9 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
6 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
2 Sep	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0.3
2 Sep	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
30 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
26 Aug	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0
26 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
23 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区shire	2	0
19 Aug	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0.2
19 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
16 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
12 Aug	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	0.4
12 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
9 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
5 Aug	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	0.6
5 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
2 Aug	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0.5
1 Aug	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	1.3
29 July	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	0.8
26 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
25 July	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	1
22 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
22 July	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	0.5
19 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
18 July	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	0.7
15 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
15 July	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	0.75
12 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
11 July	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	0.3
8 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
7 July	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	0.5
5 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
4 July	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	0
1 July	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
30 June	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	20	1.5
28 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
27 June	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	3	0.7
24 June	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	10	3.1
24 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
21 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
20 June	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0.25
17 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	1.5
16 June	South Lincolnshire (Syngenta/ABC)	8	4
14 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	3
13 June	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0.5
10 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	2.5
7 June	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	1.5
6 June	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0
31 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
30 May	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0.25
27 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	1
24 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0.5
23 May	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0.5
20 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
17 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
16 May	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	0.25
13 May	Wellesbourne, 海角社区	2	0
9 May	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4	1
2 May	Cornwall (Newquay, Truro, Gwinear, St Erth)	4 (1 per site)	0.25

This activity is supported by the participating growers and agronomists, FMC and AHDB.

Disclaimer

While the University or 海角社区 and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board seek to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of production, no warranty is given in respect thereof and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, these organisations accept no liability for loss, damage or injury howsoever caused (including that caused by negligence) or suffered directly or indirectly in relation to information and opinions contained in or omitted from this document.

Because of the biological nature of the work it must be borne in mind that different circumstances and conditions could produce different results. Therefore, care must be taken with interpretation of the results, especially if they are used as the basis for commercial product recommendations.