Plum: Harvest: Distinguish Fruit Damage

Distinguish Fruit Damage

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Damage caused by

Tunneling into fruit

Other signs of damage

Peach twig borer

Shallow feeding holes

Feeding site eventually browns and looks like a scab

Leafrollers: Obliquebanded, omnivorous

Shallow holes or grooves in the fruit surface, often near the stem

Leaves webbed to the fruit

Codling moth

Tunnels deep into fruit

Piles of frass on fruit surface

San Jose scale

San Jose scale (with live scale)

San Jose scale (with parasitized scale)

Crawlers settling on fruit may cause fruit spotting

Damage caused by disease

Damage caused by

Other signs of damage

Ripe fruit rot

Dark discoloration of fruit with grayish spores on surface.

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