This summer many apple trees in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, lost their entire crop. The cause? The codling moth, an insect that can devastate an entire apple, pear or walnut crop. Codling moths ...

Codling moth larvae, which look like little pink worms, infest an apple. On the outside is brown frass, often the only telltale sign of the pests inside. Eradicating this problem takes diligence. Jack ...

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 ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown lepidopteran, ...

Q: My apples are pretty much a lost cause this year after super cold, super windy and now super hot weather. I expected a small crop (from the apples) but not this blight. It starts with a “poke” in ...

Now is the season to start control of codling moths. If you have apple, pear or even peach trees, in whose fruit you’ve found pinkish-white “worms” with dark heads, those are offspring of codling ...

This reader's apples are showing classic symptoms of codling moth larvae damage, which happens when adult moths lay eggs on tiny developing fruits at the base of the flower petals at about the time ...

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) remains one of the most persistent and destructive pests of homegrown apples and pears. Understanding how to identify it, how it develops through the season, and how to ...

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” ...

Weekly trap captures from Henderson County orchards track 2026 insect pest activity and degree-day models to guide codling ...

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 ...