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 ...

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 ...

A: The dark centers at the apple’s core are classic examples of codling moth larvae damage, which has become increasingly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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” ...