Fruit

Western cherry fruit fly adults lay eggs inside ripening fruit.

San Jose scale is an immobile insect that sucks sap from tissues. Crawlers that settle on fruit often have a purple halo.

Peach twig borer larvae prefer to feed inside succulent shoots.

Larvae of obliquebanded leafroller feed on leaves and
fruit; they rarely cause economic damage but in the
past, the larvae have contaminated tart cherry bins

Greater peachtree borers feed on wood at the crown and in the upper roots.

Top: unthinned; Bottom: thinned peaches to approximately 6 inches apart.

In spring, peach twig borer larvae seek out succulent shoots. Later in the summer, they feed within fruits.

Backyard fruit trees produce better yield with proper irrigation and mulching. Image courtesy of ferncreekdesign.org

When monitoring for woolly apple aphid, first check the edges of old pruning cuts.

An infestation of woolly apple aphids can coat twigs and small branches.

While shoots are still succulent, twig borer larvae will tunnel inside the top few inches.