Since arriving in Western Washington roughly 25 years ago, apple maggots have given orchardists fits. They often ruin the crop, riddling the insides of the fruits with mushy, brown tunnels.

Of all the pests of apples, maggots are the most discouraging. They eat tiny trails through the fruits. Bacteria follow, turning those trails brown and eventually, mushy.

If your apples are an inedible, mushy brown mess the problem is probably apple maggots. Apple maggots hang out in the ground through the winter and then emerge as flies beginning midsummer. They ...

Apple maggots hang out in the ground through the winter and then emerge as flies beginning midsummer. They lay eggs in the flesh of apples, the eggs hatch into maggots, and the maggots eat their ...

Apple maggots are a major concern to apple orchardists because the larva eat their way through the apples, turning them into a brown mush. And its presence in apples can cause export markets to be ...

Spotting common apple tree pests before they wreak havoc on your fruit trees is critical. Get expert tips and insight for ...

Although I have never owned an apple tree, ... We often eat fresh apples I have picked well into November, ... which is a sure sign that they were infested with apples maggots. ...

We had a bad problem with apple maggots in two of our apple trees the last two years. Last spring, we sprayed the trees and the ground with a systemic spray before the fruit set. On one tree this ...

Apple maggots, along with coddling moths and other pests, ... The fly then plants its eggs in apples, where the larvae eat the fruit before retiring into the ground to complete their growth cycle.

Every July, the potential demise of the Skagit Valley’s apple industry emerges in the form of a small black fruit fly. Though it’s barely larger than a pencil tip, the fly and the fruit-eating ...

Q: I read your column in our local newspaper every week and find it to be very helpful. We had a bad problem with apple maggots in two of our apple trees the last two years. Last spring, we ...