If caterpillars are eating your apples, they are almost certainly the larvae of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). This is North America’s most important insect pest of apples, both in commercial ...

Q: I have had wormy apples in my Honeycrisp apple tree. Last year, I had the same problem. I was told to spray a fungicide. I also sprayed neem oil. I waited until the apples started to form. I still ...

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Answer: Finding half a worm. Modern pesticides and strict inspection policies have made finding a codling moth larva, or worm, in an apple from a ...

Growing apples in the Northeast can be challenging, as we have a number of diseases and insect pests to contend with annually. Moths can be particularly challenging, as the larval (or caterpillar) ...

The image seems innocuous enough: the classic worm-in-the-apple cartoon. In reality, the highly narrativized codling moth can destroy 80 percent to 90 percent of an apple crop within one to two years ...

Two insects tend to be the most prevalent pests in our area’s fruit trees: the codling moth (apples) and the western cherry fruit fly (cherries). Both create “wormy” fruit, and both, once the “worm” ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) -Mesa County is highlighting a pest that could turn your apple pie sour. The Upper Grand Valley Pest Control District, CSU Tri-River Extension Office and Mesa County are ...

Q. We have had two questions related to growing apples this past week. The first reader asks why their Gala apples are not turning red even though they taste ripe. The second reader sent a photo of an ...

“Don’t let the worms spoil your apple,” warns the Wormy Apples children’s board game. The game is won by pulling all of the pesky worm pieces out of the plastic apple. If “worms” have been spoiling ...

Moths are among the most feared invasive insect pest species. They are the major damaging pests of annual and perennial fibre and food crops, forest products and stored food commodities throughout the ...

If caterpillars are eating your apples, they are almost certainly the larvae of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). This is North America’s most important insect pest of apples, both in commercial ...