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 ...

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 ...

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the release from containment of a parasitoid wasp, Mastrus ridens, as a biological control agent for the codling moth, Cydia pomonella. Mastrus ...

In the early 20th century, orchardists in the Yakima Valley and other parts of the state were dealing with a menace. Apple orchards were plagued by codling moths, and for nearly a half century, fruit ...

Researchers want to use bug-hunting fungi to protect orchards from pests such as codling moth, a major problem for apples, pears and walnuts. Scientists are growing three species of fungi at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...