Photo Gallery: Fruit Pests
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- Apple Maggot fly
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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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- Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) (strawberry, raspberry and cranberry pest; rhododendrons are also a host)
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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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- Blueberry Flea Beetle
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- Blueberry Maggot larva (genus Rhagoletis)
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- Blueberry Maggot fly (genus Rhagoletis)
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- Blueberry Maggot
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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 Thrips
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- Tussock Caterpillar (feeding on lowbush blueberry)
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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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- Cranberry Fruitworm
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- Cranberry Weevil (also called Blueberry Blossom Weevil)
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- European Apple Sawfly (larvae)
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- (native) Fruit Flies (Red-eyed Fruit Flies)
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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 flies (caught on a sticky-card trap)
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- Japanese Beetles on highbush blueberry
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- Plum Curculio (adults and larvae)
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- Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle
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- Raspberry Cane Borer
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- Raspberry Fruitworm
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- Raspberry Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) (found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/19/2021)
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- Red-headed Flea Beetle (Systena frontalis)
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- Red-Humped-Caterpillars on a highbush blueberry (Durham ME; July 29, 2013) (Photo courtesy of Jo-Anne Severy)
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- Red-humped Caterpillars
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- Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (Greenville, ME; 8/26/2007)
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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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- San Jose Scale (a species of scale insect)
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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 (same genus as the Cranberry Weevil)
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- Strawberry Clipper Weevil
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- Tarnished Plant Bug
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- Tarnished Plant Bug on a raspberry
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- Tarnished Plant Bugs on strawberry
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- Tarnished Plant Bug (and strawberry damage)
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- Strawberries damaged by Tarnished Plant Bugs
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- Spider Mites (leaves with webbing are a telltale sign)
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- White Grubs (White grubs are sometimes a major pest concern for strawberry, cranberry and blueberry roots)
Additional Photos and Information:
- Apple Maggot
- Apple Mealybug
- Black Vine Weevil
- Blueberry Insect Pests (specific to Maine low-bush blueberry):
- Blueberry Flea Beetle
- Blueberry Maggot Fly
- Blueberry Spanworm
- Blueberry Thrips
- Red-striped Fireworm
- Spotted-wing Drosophila (invasive) (see Fruit Flies)
- Candy-striped Leafhopper (pest of blackberries and raspberries)
- Codling Moth
- Cranberry Insect Pests:
- Blackheaded Fireworm
- Cranberry Fruitworm (cranberry and highbush blueberry pest)
- Cranberry Weevil
- Cranberry Tipworm
- False Armyworm
- Redheaded Flea Beetle
- European Apple Sawfly
- Fruit Flies
- Japanese Beetles — includes a video: How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles
- Plum Curculio (Cornell)
- Raspberry Insect Pests:
- 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
- Spotted-wing Drosophila (see Fruit Flies)
- Oblique-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
- Red-banded Leafroller (Cornell)
- Redhumped Caterpillars (Washington State University)
- Rose Chafer
- Roundheaded Apple Tree Borer (Cornell)
- San Jose Scale (Cornell)
- Sap Beetles (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)
- Spotted Wing Drosophila
- 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
- Tussock Caterpillars
- Two-Spotted Spider Mites
- White Grubs