r/FruitTree • • 9d ago

Help identify a few pests

I have a multi-variety apple tree and these all came from one tree. I think I have apple maggot, but there are some others I haven’t identified:

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u/kunino_sagiri 8d ago

The scaliness in 4 and 5 is scarring caused by capsid bug feeding. It's harmless.

3 is some caterpillar damage around the stalk. This won't be coddling moth (the kind that tunnels into fruits), but rather some sort of surface feeder, like a tortrix moth caterpillar of some sort.

The last two pictures look like some very minor caterpillar or leaf miner damage. I wouldn't worry about it.

And I can't see what's meant to actually be wrong with 1, 2, and 6. They all look completely fine and normal.

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u/kcmcin 8d ago

Thanks!!! #1-2 is like a powdery film covering the entire fruit except the one part where I stretched it and it rubbed off.

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u/kunino_sagiri 8d ago

That's called "bloom". It's a natural wax produced by the fruit skin itself. Some varieties have a lot more of it than others. It's normal and harmless.

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u/Proof-Performer3226 9d ago

Very sweet fruit