Apple Maggot on Apple
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Apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) adults are active in midsummer. Adults, which are small flies (about ¼ inch), have a dark thorax with a white spot on the tip, a dark abdomen with white cross bands, and four dark streaks on wings. Full-grown larvae are 1/3 inch long, cream-colored, legless, and without a distinct head.
Apple maggot larva.
(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)
Apple maggot adult.
(Photo: Ricardo Bessin, University of Kentucky)
Management:
- Proper insecticide timing (monitor using red spheres and yellow sticky cards)
