Photos: Fruit Pests - Home and Garden IPM from Cooperative Extension - University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Photo Gallery: Fruit Pests

: Apple Maggot fly

: Round-headed Apple Tree Borer

: Larval stage of a longhorned beetle (such as the Round-headed Apple Tree Borer at left)

: Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) (strawberry, raspberry and cranberry pest; rhododendrons are also a host)

: 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)

: Blueberry Flea Beetle ((Altica sylvia Malloch))

: Blueberry Maggot larva (genus Rhagoletis)

: Blueberry Maggot fly (genus Rhagoletis)

: Blueberry Maggot

: Blueberry Spanworm (Speranza argillacearia) (also called the Mousy Angle Moth) (also has two older names: Macaria argillacearia and Itame argillacearia)

: Blueberry Spanworm

: Blueberry Thrips

: White-marked Tussock Caterpillar (feeding on lowbush blueberry)

: Codling moth (larval stage)

: An apple with codling moth larval feeding injury

: Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella)

: Cranberry Fruitworm

: Cranberry Weevil (also called Blueberry Blossom Weevil)

: European Apple Sawfly (larvae)

: (native) Fruit Flies (Red-eyed Fruit Flies)

: Spotted Wing Drosophila flies (actual size: 2-3 mm)

: Pupa of a Spotted Wing Drosophila

: Closeup view of the saw-like ovipositor which allows Spotted Wing Drosophila to cut into healthy soft-skinned fruits

: Spotted Wing Drosophila flies (caught on a sticky-card trap)

: Japanese Beetles on highbush blueberry

: Plum Curculio (adults and larvae)

: Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle

: Raspberry Cane Borer

: Raspberry Fruitworm

: Raspberry Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) (found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/19/2021)

: Red-headed Flea Beetle (Systena frontalis)

: 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)

: Red-humped caterpillars (Schizura concinna) (many different woody plant hosts comprising many different families)

: Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (Greenville, ME; 8/26/2007)

: Rose Chafers (beetles)

: Closer view of a Rose Chafer (The rose chafer is a type of scarab beetle)

: San Jose Scale (a species of scale insect)

: Sap Beetle / Picnic Beetle (on a strawberry)

: Sap Beetles on a strawberry

: Strawberry Clipper Weevil

: Strawberry Clipper Weevil (same genus as the Cranberry Weevil)

: Strawberry Clipper Weevil

: Tarnished Plant Bug

: Tarnished Plant Bug on a raspberry

: Tarnished Plant Bugs on strawberry

: Tarnished Plant Bug (and strawberry damage)

: Strawberries damaged by Tarnished Plant Bugs

: Spider Mites (leaves with webbing are a telltale sign)

: 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