Bug Bites Asian Pear

General Fruit Growing
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This is a Shin Li pear. I know this may be partially my fault for not spraying earlier. Should I take off the fruitlets with what appears to be bug bites on them. Still have a lot to learn.

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I don’t spray much and my Asian pears overset so I thin any with bug damage

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I am kinda wondering what kind bug bite these are, they didn’t look like PC bites to me

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Oriental fruit moth or codling moth?

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My guess is they are curc feeding bites, the adult curc eats chunks of fruit. With moths when you see a spot like that there should be a hole bored into the fruit and frass coming out.

If I didn’t spray my asian pears they would all get ruined by the curc. So now I spray them just like I spray plums, apples, peaches, etc.

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I would cut a few open just to make sure it isn’t a codling moth laying eggs. I’m pretty sure it is just a feeding bite, but 2 years ago I had codling moths hit my 2 Harrow Sweet pears and before they were the size of a nickle I had a little worm growing up in each of the over 200 fruitlets on each tree. I was planning to thin any way, but I couldn’t find a single fruitlet without a worm.

Scott, when do you start worrying about codling moth and OFM attacks in our area? I feel like I should be adding Spinosad to the Surround soon if not already.

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Asian pears are curc magnets for me. Spraying is a must

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Thanks everyone for the responses. I really appreciate it. I will cut a few open and let you know what I find.

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What do you use for spraying?

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Ive sprayed imiden twice this year and it seems to have worked. In the past i just used triazicide

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Thanks.

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I start spinosad when I start Surround, not long after petal fall. Eggs take up to two weeks to hatch and you can nip things in the bud with an early program. I used to start later but I had more early cm/ofm then which was probably due to spraying only after they were already in the fruits.

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Thanks I did cut some up. I did pull one of the tree that looks strange. See the picture below

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Scott,

Thanks. Looks like a need to spray

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Thanks for your help

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Thanks

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Could be a few problems you have on those fruitlets. Those bug bites were from plum curculio, the enemy #1 pest in many orchards. You may have other disease issues, too. Wonder if it’d be scab.