Re: Apple-Crop: Apple maggot in plums

2009-09-01 Thread Daniel Cooley
I'm no entomologist, but my wife worked for Ron Prokopy for quite a while. If it were just plums, I'd think eastern cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cingulata, or maybe the black cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis fausta. The coincidental occurrence with apple maggot makes it interesting. Maybe

Re: Apple-Crop: Apple maggot in plums

2009-08-31 Thread Harold J. Larsen
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

RE: Apple-Crop: Apple maggot in plums

2009-08-31 Thread Los, Lorraine
-Original Message- From: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net [mailto:apple-c...@virtualorchard.net] On Behalf Of Harold J. Larsen Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:27 PM To: Apple-Crop Subject: Re: Apple-Crop: Apple maggot in plums Lorraine, You might have a different species of Rhagoletes fruit fly