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apple maggot

NOUN
  1. larvae bore into and feed on apples

How To Use apple maggot In A Sentence

  • The three main insect pests that damage apple fruits are apple maggot flies, plum curculio, and codling moth.
  • The scientists say similar decoys can be tailor-made for other insect pests closely related to the apple maggot fly.
  • Among the most destructive enemies of the apple orchard are the codling moth, various species of mites, the woolly aphid, the apple maggot, the red-banded leaf roller, and scale insects.
  • Fruit flies, such as the apple maggot and the cherry fruit flies, are also common orchard pests.
  • There are ways to deal with coddling moths and apple maggots.
  • In New England, apples on about 95 percent of unsprayed trees are typically damaged by apple maggots.
  • Apple maggot earned the name railroad worm long ago for its meandering tunnels beneath the apple skin and eventually throughout the flesh.
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