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  • Onion Maggot Fly vs. Sticky Traps: Season 3 Round 1

    Six sticky traps have been out in Mary’s Vassar Farm onion bed from mid-April through mid-July, collecting onion maggot flies, other flying insects, and a bunch of shredded leaf mulch. Having just replaced all the sticky sheets, these are the results so far:

    • PXL_20230711_215255180 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap F
      PXL_20230711_215255180 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap F
    • PXL_20230711_215229538 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap E
      PXL_20230711_215229538 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap E
    • PXL_20230711_215159950 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap D
      PXL_20230711_215159950 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap D
    • PXL_20230711_215129817 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap C
      PXL_20230711_215129817 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap C
    • PXL_20230711_215041012 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap B
      PXL_20230711_215041012 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap B
    • PXL_20230711_215002214 - VCCG Onion Maggot Trap A
      PXL_20230711_215002214 – VCCG Onion Maggot Trap A

    Each image is the front and back of a single sticky sheet flipped over left-to-right; I did not keep track of the original trap locations.

    If you need the original camera images to get enough pixels for itemizing the smaller dots, let me know.