Fruiting Tree and Shrub Pests
Fruiting Tree and Shrub Insects
Weevil pest of cherries
Weevil pest of cherries, Anthonomus consors
Order: ColeopteraFamily: Curculionidae
Description
Anthonomus consors is a native species of weevil that can cause serious injury to cultivated tart ...
Spotted wing drosphila
Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii
Order: DipteraFamily: Drosophilidae
Description
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is a small, light brown fly that is a member of the “small fruit fly” ...
Pear sawfly
Pear Sawfly, Caliroa cerasi
Order: HymenopteraFamily: Tenthredinidae
Description
All wasps undergo complete metamorphosis, meaning they have four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult. Damage to ...
Peachtree borer
Peachtree Borer, Synanthedon exitiosa
Order: LepidopteraFamily: Sesiidae
Description
The peachtree borer is a clearwing moth that visually mimics the pepsid wasp to ward off predators.
There is ...
Peach twig borer
Peach twig borer,
Anarsia lineatella
Order: LepidopteraFamily: Gelechiidae
Description
Moths of the peach twig borer measure approximately 7.5-13 mm (0.3-0.5 inches) and have forewings that are ...
Lesser peachtree borer
Lesser Peachtree Borer, Synanthedon pictipes
Order: LepidopteraFamily: Sesiidae
Description
Adult males and females resemble wasps and are similar in appearance. Lesser peachtree borer moths ...
Leaf blister mites
Leaf blister bites, Phytoptus spp.
Order: AcariFamily: Eriophyidae
Description
Like all eriophyid mites, adult leaf blister mites have cylindrical bodies that taper at both the head and rear. ...
Japanese beetle
Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica
Order: ColeopteraFamily: Scarabidae
Description
Japanese beetles have been one of the key insect pests of both turfgrass and landscape plants in the eastern ...
Flatheaded appletree borer
Flatheaded appletree borer, Chrysobothris femorata
Order: ColeopteraFamily: Buprestidae
Description
Adults of flatheaded tree borer are green or bronze with zigzag bands on the wing covers. The ...
Codling moth
Codling moth, Cydia pomonella
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Description
Codling moth is an important insect pest of apples and pears in North America. The adult codling moth is a ...
Brown marmorated stink bug
Brown marmorated stink bug,
Halyomorpha halys
Order: HemipteraFamily: Pentatomidae
Description
Adults of brown marmorated stink bug are 14-17 mm (0.5-0.75 inches) long. Key identifying ...
Fruiting Tree and Shrub Diseases
Cedar apple rust or juniper apple rust
Cedar apple rust / juniper apple rust
Written by: Laine Hackenberg
Posted: July 11, 2023
Disease symptoms
Cedar apple rust is caused by the fungus Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae. It is ...