[NAFEX] Unidentified Apple Pest

Lon J. Rombough lonrom at hevanet.com
Fri Apr 18 23:23:53 EDT 2008


Sounds a little like an omnivorous leaf tier.  The caterpillars roll 
leaves by tying the edges together, making something like what you 
describe.
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On Apr 18, 2008, at 7:03 PM, John McCuan wrote:



I sent this question out in February, but I never saw it on the list 
and never saw a response to it, so I'm assuming it didn't make it to 
the posting.  I tried to check in the archives, but I couldn't access 
it.  I added an update to the end
>
>
>  The other day as I was pruning one of my young apple trees, I pulled 
> on what I thought was just a withered leaf.  It was attached to the 
> branch by two white filaments, which I immediately thought were 
> insect-made.  As I examined it, I discovered the leaf had been sort of 
> mangled.  I grubbed around in it, and inside a tiny stem-like tube was 
> a 1/4 inch long brown worm.  Altogether I found about 20 of these on 
> my 8 young apple trees.
>
>  Does anyone know what this is?  I looked in my pest ID books and 
> wasn't able to find it.  What do I do about it?
>
>  I live near Atlanta, Georgia, Zone 7 if that helps.
>
> ---------
>
>  As I mentioned, I found that pest back in February.  Today I examined 
> my apple blossoms, and some petals had brown spots, and some had holes 
> where some insect had apparently eaten.  On one flower I found what 
> looked like a more mature caterpillar of the same species that I found 
> back in February.  He is still brown, without a head cap.  He's now 
> about 3/4 of an inch long, smooth, and thin.  He's one of those worms 
> that when he moves, his back feet move up almost to his head so that 
> his body is perpendicular to the surface he's walking across - an 
> inchworm.
>
>  I looked on the web at a couple of insect identification sites, but 
> couldn't find him.  The closest I could find was something like a 
> cankerworm.  Any suggestions?  What should I do?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Melinda McCuan
>
>
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