Effectiveness of IGRs (insect growth regulators) puts a premium on understanding pest development and getting spray timing ...

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: 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 ...

Azinphos-methyl (AZM) has been the most used insecticide in apple production in the United States since the late 1960s, primarily as a control for the codling moth, but a decision by the EPA to phase ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gardeners who plant apple trees are hopeful souls, putting in saplings as they dream of future pies, sauce and tarts. With each season of growth, we croon encouragement at the plant. To have an apple ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOULDER COUNTY – Gardeners who plant apple trees are hopeful souls, putting in saplings as they dream of future pies, sauce, and tarts. With each season of growth, we croon encouragement at the plant.