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Home Orchards, Table 2.1. Important Insects and Mites

Informational table showing direct and indirect fruit pests.

Updated:

March 9, 2023

Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Insect or Mite	Apple	Peach	Pear	Cherry	Strawberry	Bramble	Blueberry
Apple maggot	D
Black cherry aphid				I
Blueberry maggot							D
Cane borer						I
Cherry fruit fly				D
Codling moth	D		D
Cranberry and cherry fruitworms	D	D		D			D
European red mite	I	I	I	I
Green apple aphid	I	I	I
Green peach aphid		I		I
Japanese beetle	I	I + D				I + D
Oriental fruit moth	D	D	D
Peachtree borer		I		I
Pear psylla			I
Plum curculio	D	D		D			D
Potato leafhopper	I					I
Raspberry aphid						I
Root weevil					I
Rosy apple aphid	I		I
San Jose scale and others	I	I	I	I			I
Sap beetle					D
Slug					D
Spittlebug					I
Stink bug	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Strawberry bud weevil					D
Tarnished plant bug	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Two-spotted spider mite	I	I	I	I	I	I	I
White apple leafhopper	I
White grub					I