Looking closely at one plant can reveal so many different things. Lets have a look at what we are currently seeing in apple trees - have you seen any of these pests and beneficials?
Apple leaf curling midge - a minor pest in apples. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC).
Don't confuse the insect pest hiding in the curled leaves above with this apple fungal disease
Apple Powdery Mildew. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC).
Where there is powdery mildew, look for this fungus eating lady beetle!
Twenty spot lady beetle. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
You might also be seeing some of these aphids:
Green apple aphids. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC).
And where there are aphids, there are aphid predators - like this stalked lacewing egg.
Green lacewing egg. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC).
These ladybeetle larva are starting to show up to eat the aphids as well.
Lady beetle larva. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC).
Finally, we have seen some of these tiny apple sawfly larva burrowing into newly forming apples.
Apple sawfly. © Bonnie Zand, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Have you seen any of these critters? What else have you been finding?
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