Caterpillars on the apple tree: methods of struggle

Apple trees are often affected by various kinds of insects. Speaking of caterpillars, they are usually leaf-rollers, apple moth larvae, winter moth or apple moth.

How to deal with apple fescue

Adult caterpillars of this insect are white and slightly translucent. This is the most common pest of apples. Plodozhorki affect the garden trees everywhere and are well known to all summer residents. Most often, the caterpillars on the apple tree are precisely this type of pest. It hibernates the moth in cocoons under a straggly bark, under a tree in the soil. During the flowering of the apple, the caterpillars begin to pupate. At the end of this period, butterflies fly out. During the following month they lay a mass of eggs on the leaves and fruits.

The first caterpillars appear on the apple tree in two weeks. They penetrate into the fruit and feed on seeds and tissues. The course, gnawed on by the caterpillar of the moth, is always closed by sticks connected by cobwebs. Fruits, affected by this pest, ripen too early and crumble.

Methods of combating the fletcher are primarily the destruction of the carrion, the cleaning of the tree bark, the device of trapping belts and the processing of special preparations. The last step should be to ensure that the caterpillars on the apple tree are destroyed before they become embedded in the fruit. Therefore, approximately thirteen days after bloom, it is necessary to treat the trees with a 0.3% solution of the carbofos preparation, or 0.2% - with chlorophos. Autumn trunks need to be dug.

Methods of combating a leaf roller

Green caterpillars of this pest have a slightly yellowish shade and are covered with brown spots, from which long hairs grow. The distribution area of leaf rollers is unusually wide. There are none except in Central Asia. This type of pest damages the kidneys and flowers of the apple tree. If you notice the leaves that are connected to each other by the tips of the web, it means that the tree is affected by this pest. Some leaves can also be twisted or tied together. At present, there are 26 species of this pest.

The struggle with the caterpillars of the leaf roller consists primarily in spraying apples with such preparations as "Lepidocide" and "Bitoxybacillin". 3% solution of nitrafen is not bad. In addition, it is necessary to break off all the damaged leaves. It is also worth cleaning and burning the entire old bark.

How to get rid of a winter moth

If the gardener M caterpillars are seen on an apple-tree of a yellowish-green color, which hide in leaves, fastened with cobwebs, so the tree is affected by a winter moth. Butterflies, which lack wings, emerge from pupae during the period of fall foliage and lay eggs in the tree crown, crawling on it along the trunk. The methods of combating this pest can be attributed primarily to treatment with a 0.3% solution of carbofos or chlorophos. You can also use a 3% solution of nitrafen.

Fighting the apple moth

Caterpillars of this pest come from wintering grounds in late spring and settle in leaves, forming mines. As soon as the apple blossoms, they begin to devour the leaves. The tops and edges of the latter as a result of this are boring and die. In order to get rid of this scourge, it is worth applying a 0.7% solution of chlorophos.