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Lee's statement is correct, but needs to have added to it that the larvae emerge from the egg and begin to eat their way through the flesh of the fruit. In stone fruits, the larva works its way toward the pit, around which it feeds extensively until it is fully grown. On apples few if any of the young larvae survive if the apple continues to grow on the tree because the egg or larva is crushed by the firm, growing tissues of the fruit. But they will eat their way into the apple before the crushing occurs. When scouting for larvae damage to apples, it is very difficult to determine if a larvae found inside an apple is Codling Moth, Oriental Fruit Moth, Plum Curculio or Apple Maggot unless one has a field guide to help determine which it is or is a professional entomologist. I have found all of the above in apples at one time or another over the years. Dennis NortonRoyal Oak Farm Orchard, Zone 5 http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com http://www.revivalhymn.com
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