Everything about Cabbage Root Fly totally explained
The
Cabbage Fly,
Delia radicum, also known as the
Cabbage Root Fly, is a known
pest to
crops. The larvae of the cabbage root fly are sometimes known as the
cabbage maggot. The adult flies are approximately 1 cm long and are grey in colour but otherwise resemble the common
house fly.
The flies can be found all over
Europe. After over-wintering as
pupae in the
soil, the flies hatch in
spring, feed on
nectar and lay
eggs close to plants of the
genus Brassica. The eggs are white and about 1 milimetre in diameter.
They hatch into white
maggots after about six days and the
larvae feed for about three weeks on the roots and stems of the cabbage plants.
After this, the larvae are typically 0.9 to 1 cm in length and form reddish brown pupae which hatch into adult flies after around 20 days.
Around three generations of eggs can be laid in each year, with the generations overlapping, providing a constant presence of adult flies throughout the
summer months.
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