{"id":2476,"date":"2012-02-07T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=2476"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T21:52:45","slug":"apple-maggot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/apple-maggot\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Maggot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"5990\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5990\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-closeup-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of an Apple Maggot fly\" width=\"262\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Maggot Adult\/Fly (click for a closer view)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Apple Maggot<\/strong> (<em>Rhagoletis pomonella<\/em>) is a pest of several fruits, especially apples.\u00a0 It also goes by the name of <strong>railroad worm<\/strong>. The fly is slightly smaller than a house fly, with a white dot on its thorax and distinctive black banding shaped like a backwards letter &#8220;F&#8221; on its wings. The larva, which is the damaging stage of this pest, is similar to a typical fly larva or maggot. Codling moth larvae and other apple &#8216;worms&#8217; are often confused with the apple maggot. In general, however, moth larvae, i.e. caterpillars, feed mostly in the apple\u2019s <em>core<\/em> whereas apple maggots feed on the <em>flesh<\/em> portion of the fruit.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/09\/AppleMaggot.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Maggot (both fly stage and larvae are shown)\" width=\"514\" height=\"204\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5989\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of an Apple Maggot fly resting on a green apple\" width=\"279\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-105x77.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-317x233.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-423x311.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-634x466.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-846x621.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly-951x698.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/01\/AppleMaggotFly.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,279px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Additional Information:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccenassau.org\/resources\/-apple-maggot-apple-scab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple Maggot<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell pdf; includes Apple Scab also)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extension.umn.edu\/garden\/yard-garden\/fruit\/apple-pest-management\/maggot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple Maggot<\/strong><\/a> (University of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apple Maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) is a pest of several fruits, especially apples.\u00a0 It also goes by the name of railroad worm. 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