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 ...

The codling moth has become a serious insect pest of apples in many home orchards. Although this insect has caused damage to apples for many years, it appears to have become a greater pest in recent ...

There are plenty of ways to help your apple trees thrive, such as pruning and choosing the right fertilizer. But what if your apples are turning brown and mushy before they're even ripe? Codling moths ...

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 ...

A: Codling moths are the bane of many a home orchardist in Bay Area yards with warm summers. They infest apples, pears, quince, walnuts and sometimes plums or other stone fruit. What a mess they make ...

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” ...

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 ...

Organic apple farmers keep their fruit free of worms by spraying their trees with a naturally occuring virus. But insects in some orchards in Germany have developed ...

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 ...

M3 Agriculture Technologies has secured a $1 million federal grant to develop an X-ray-based approach to insect pest management. The company will conduct a project on the use of X-rays instead of ...