Codling Moth Caterpillar

Pests Guide

Signs of the Pest

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Codling moth caterpillars feed inside fruit, especially apples.

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Note the brown material (frass) being pushed out from larval entry holes and the dark red discoloration about each hole

Solutions to the Pest

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Remove flaking bark from tree trunks to stop the caterpillars making cocoons there over winter.

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A band of corrugated cardboard around the trunk will stop codling moth caterpillars as they migrate down (late summer-autumn).

The band makes a good site for them to make their cocoons.

It can be removed and burnt after the fruit is harvested.

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Plant Lavender underneath fruit trees to help deter codling moth.