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Insect ID: Insects associated with Apples and/or Berries in Maine
Blueberries:
See also UMaine Extension’s Wild Blueberry Insect Fact Sheets and/or the blueberry Integrated Pest and Crop Management page. For highbush blueberries, visit our Growing Highbush Blueberries fact sheet (specifically the “Pest Management” section at the end).
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- Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) (strawberry, raspberry and cranberry pest; rhododendrons are also a host)
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Blueberry Flea Beetle
(Altica sylvia Malloch)
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- Japanese Beetles on highbush blueberry
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- Blueberry Spanworm (Speranza argillacearia) (also called the Mousy Angle Moth) (also has two older names: Macaria argillacearia and Itame argillacearia)
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- Blueberry Spanworm
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- Blueberry Maggot
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- Blueberry Maggot larva (genus Rhagoletis)
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- Blueberry Maggot fly (genus Rhagoletis)
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- Drexel’s Datana (Datana drexelii) caterpillars on a highbush blueberry (Durham ME; July 29, 2013) (very similar to yellownecked caterpillars) (Photo courtesy of Jo-Anne Severy)
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- Red-humped caterpillars (Schizura concinna) (many different woody plant hosts comprising many different families)
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- White-marked Tussock Caterpillar (feeding on lowbush blueberry)
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- Rose Chafers (beetles)
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- Closer view of a Rose Chafer (The rose chafer is a type of scarab beetle)
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- Spotted Wing Drosophila flies (actual size: 2-3 mm)
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- Closeup view of the saw-like ovipositor which allows Spotted Wing Drosophila to cut into healthy soft-skinned fruits
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- Pupa of a Spotted Wing Drosophila
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- Spotted Wing Drosophila Trap, photo by David Handley
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- White Grubs (White grubs are sometimes a major pest concern for strawberry, cranberry and blueberry roots)
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- Yellownecked Caterpillars (photo courtesy of J. St. Clair; August 14, 2013)
Blueberries:
- Lowbush Blueberry Insect Pests:
- Blueberry Flea Beetle
- Blueberry Maggot
- Blueberry Spanworm
- Blueberry Thrips
- Red-striped Fireworm
- Spotted-wing Drosophila (invasive) (see Fruit Flies)
- Asian Fruit Fly (see Fruit Flies)
- Black Vine Weevil
- Drexl’s Datana caterpillars (BugGuide.net)
- Fruit Flies
- Japanese Beetles (on highbush varieties especially)
- Red-humped Caterpillars (UMass)
- Rose Chafer Beetles (on highbush varieties especially)
- Spotted Wing Drosophila / Asian Fruit Fly (see Fruit Flies)
- Strawberry Rootworm
- Tussock Caterpillars
- White Grubs
- Yellownecked Caterpillars (Penn State University)
Apples:
See also Growing Fruit Trees in Maine – Insect Pests and/or UMaine Extension’s Apple IPM pages, for pest report newsletters, publications, and more! You may also wish to visit the apple section of our plant disease images (scroll to the apple section once you are there), and another helpful site is Cornell’s New York State IPM Fact Sheets for Tree Fruit.
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- Round-headed Apple Tree Borer
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- Larval stage of a longhorned beetle (such as the Round-headed Apple Tree Borer at left)
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- Apple Maggot
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- Apple Maggot fly
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- Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) (technically a type of yellowjacket) (shown here holding the remnants of an insect which was probably preyed upon by the hornet)
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- European Apple Sawfly (larvae)
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- Codling Moth (apple pest)
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- Codling moth (larval stage)
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- An apple with codling moth larval feeding injury
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- Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)
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- A cluster of Japanese Beetles
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- A leafhopper nymph (the wing pads are absent in the nymphal stage)
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- Leafrollers (such as the Obliquebanded Leafroller shown here)
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- Plum Curculio (adults and larvae)
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- Plum Curculio (adult beetle)
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- Plum Curculio (egg stage)
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- Red-humped caterpillars (Schizura concinna) (many different woody plant hosts comprising many different families)
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- San Jose Scale (a species of scale insect)
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- Tarnished Plant Bug
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- Tarnished Plant Bug
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- Yellownecked Caterpillars (photo courtesy of J. St. Clair; August 14, 2013)
Apples:
- Apple-Boring Beetles (Cornell)
- Apple Maggot
- Bald-faced Hornets
- Codling Moth
- European Apple Sawfly
- European Red Mite
- Fruit Flies
- Japanese Beetles
- Leafhoppers:
- White Apple Leafhopper (Cornell)
- Rose Leafhopper (Washington State Univ.)
- Leafrollers:
- Red-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
- Oblique-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
- Leafminers (Spotted Tentiform) (Cornell)
- Mullein Plant Bugs / Phytophagous Mirid Bugs (Cornell)
- Oriental Fruit Moth (Cornell)
- Plum Curculio (Cornell)
- Red-humped Caterpillars (UMass)
- Roundheaded Apple Tree Borer (Cornell)
- San Jose Scale (Cornell)
- Tarnished Plant Bug
- Yellowjackets/Hornets/Wasps
- Yellownecked Caterpillars (Penn State University)
Strawberries:
See also the strawberry pests listed in the New England Small Fruit Management Guide by UMass, and be sure to visit UMaine Extension’s Strawberry IPM pages as well where you’ll find a wealth of information including a strawberry newsletter, strawberry fact sheets, etc.
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- Potato Leafhopper (a pest of not only potatoes, but many other crops as well)
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- A leafhopper nymph (the wing pads are absent in the nymphal stage)
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- Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) (strawberry, raspberry and cranberry pest; rhododendrons are also a host)
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- Strawberry Root Weevil
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- Earwigs
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- Leafrollers (such as the Obliquebanded Leafroller shown here)
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- Sap Beetle / Picnic Beetle (on a strawberry)
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- Sap Beetles on a strawberry
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- Strawberry Clipper Weevil
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- Strawberry Clipper Weevil
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- Strawberry Clipper Weevil
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- Tarnished Plant Bug (pest of many crops, especially strawberries and apples)
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- Tarnished Plant Bug (and strawberry damage)
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- Tarnished Plant Bugs on strawberry
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- Strawberries damaged by Tarnished Plant Bugs
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- White Grubs (White grubs are sometimes a major pest concern for strawberry, cranberry and blueberry roots)
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- Two-Spotted Spider Mites
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- Two-spotted Spider Mites
Strawberries:
- Black Vine Weevil
- Earwigs
- Leafhoppers – including the Potato Leafhopper (part of UMaine Extension’s Potato IPM Program)
- Leafrollers:
- Strawberry Leafroller (Univ. of Illinois) photo link (Univ. of Georgia)
- Red-banded Leafroller (Cornell) photo link
- Oblique-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
- Sap Beetles (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
- Strawberry Clipper Weevil (also called Strawberry Bud Weevil or Strawberry Root Weevil) (Cornell)
- Strawberry Root Weevil (Oregon State University Extension)
- Strawberry Rootworm
- Tarnished Plant Bug
- Thrips
- White Grubs (including European Chafer grubs and Asiatic Garden Beetle grubs)
- Non-insect Possibility: Cyclamen mites (Univ. of Kentucky); cyclamen mite photo (Univ. of Florida)
Raspberries:
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- Candy-striped / Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) (also called the Candy-striped Leafhopper) (Etna, ME; 8/2/2009)
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- Japanese Beetles
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- Raspberry Cane Borer
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- Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle
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- Raspberry Fruitworm
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- Raspberry Weevil (also known as the Clay-colored Weevil) (Otiorhynchus singularis) (very similar to the Black Vine Weevil) (this one was found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/16/2021)
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- Raspberry Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) (found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/19/2021)
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- Rose Chafers (beetles)
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- Closer view of a Rose Chafer (The rose chafer is a type of scarab beetle)
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- Spotted Wing Drosophila flies (actual size: 2-3 mm)
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- Pupa of a Spotted Wing Drosophila
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- Closeup view of the saw-like ovipositor which allows Spotted Wing Drosophila to cut into healthy soft-skinned fruits
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- Spotted Wing Drosophila Trap, photo by David Handley
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- Tarnished Plant Bug
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- Tarnished Plant Bug on a raspberry
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- Tarnished Plant Bug
Raspberries:
- Aphids on Raspberries (Penn State Extension)
- Asian Fruit Fly (see Fruit Flies)
- Candy-striped Leafhopper
- Fruit Flies
- Japanese Beetles
- Raspberry Cane Borer (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)
- Raspberry Cane Maggot (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)
- Raspberry Crown Borer (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)
- Raspberry Fruitworm (Univ. of Minnesota Extension) | Photo of Raspberry Fruitworm Adult (Beetle) (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)
- Raspberry Weevil
- Red-necked Cane Borer (Penn State Extension)
- Rose Chafer beetles
- Spotted Wing Drosophila / Asian Fruit Fly (see Fruit Flies)
- Tarnished Plant Bug