Apple and Crabapple Insects

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Some pests of apples and crabapples are leaf feeders: aphids, mites, Japanese beetles, leaf rollers, leaf miners; and fruit feeders: codling moths, tarnished plant bugs, plum curculios; and branch, trunk and root feeders: scale, wooly aphids, apple tree borer
Codling moth adult Aphid infestation on apple leaves
Photograph of codling moth from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.ipmimages.org and
aphids on apple by John A. Weidhass, Virginia Tech, www.insectimages.org
Redbanded leafroller Tarnished plant bug
Photograph of redbanded leaf roller from Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, www.ipmimages.org and
tarnished plant bug by Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, www.ipmimages.org
Wooly apple aphid Roundheaded apple tree borer
Photograph of wooly apple aphid by William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, www.ipmimages.org and
roundheaded apple tree borer by James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, www.ipmimages.org