Hello all,
I am working with a grower with a significant apple maggot problem in part of
his orchard. In addition to apples, maggots (fly larvae) were also found in
plums. This is the first time I have seen this. I am assuming they are apple
maggot. Can anyone help with the following
Lorraine,
You might have a different species of Rhagoletes fruit fly instead of
the apple maggot species. You might be able to obtain adult flies to ID
by placing the infested fruit onto moist, sandy soil put a plastic bag
in a box to allow the larvae to finish growing and then crawl out of
Hello Harold,
I will try to rear out to get adults.
Thanks,
Lorraine
Lorraine Los
Fruit Crops IPM Coordinator
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, U-4067
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-4067
(860)486-6449 (Phone)
(860)486-0682 (Fax)
lorraine@uconn.edu
