If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early April — when the adult codling moth, a little grayish-brown ...

Codling moths are one of the most common apple tree pests, and they can destroy a harvest. These are the best methods to get rid of them for good.

Now is the season to start control of codling moths. If you have apple, pear or even peach trees, in whose fruit you’ve found pinkish-white “worms” with dark heads, those are offspring of ...

Apples that stay on the tree longest are the most heavily infested by codling moths. Apples harvested early are the least infested. Populations of this pest increase with each generation produced.

If caterpillars are eating your apples, they are almost certainly the larvae of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). This is North America’s most important insect pest of apples, both in ...

Codling moths begin mating as soon as the night time temperatures reach 62 degrees. Pheromone traps can be placed in the apple tree prior to the buds breaking.

Also pick up any fruit that falls. Codling moths are just as happy to live inside a fallen apple as one hanging on the tree. Dispose of these apples in a way that the larva are destroyed.

Codling moth is present in apples and pears throughout Idaho in untreated trees. It may be less evident in colder areas where wintering pupae are killed by long cold winter weather.

Take a wire brush to the tree trunk of all trees to remove any loose bark etc. Take the cardboard and wrap it around the base of the tree about six inches above the ground.

Codling moths are one of the most common apple tree pests, and they can destroy a harvest. These are the best methods to get rid of them for good.