Looks like sun burn
Have been seeing yellow spots on the leaves of my pear trees this year. Most of the trees have it to some degree, some more so than others. I have looked for signs of in insect but did not see anything obvious. I was wondering if any of the folks here had any ideas. Pics attached (sorry for the bad focus on these)
I don’t have a picture yet. but my bug Identification question.
This bug eats right at the stem in late season. The closest Google match is a centipede.
They run fast for a bug. They are on many apples but mostly like the space if two are left on the
same cluster and touch to make a cavity.
Centipedes would not be up in fruit trees, they are ground and crevice dwellers.
Centipedes do move by leg power, but it is more of a quick slither rather than a “run”.
Your description is more like that of an earwig.
Tap around on your tree, holding a jar underneath to trap the bug.
Yes Sir. After a little checking , I am sure that you are correct.
thanks
@Daemon2525 While earwigs may do some damage to fruit and other plants .
I have read that they do more good than harm , they eat lots of aphids and other thing that would be more of a problem without them .
need some help with a newly planted (earlier this summer) moonglow pear - is this fabraea leaf spot?
I asked the same questions to the extension agent here and will post their thoughts
thanks
Thank you for this information! They regularly munch my emerging avocado leaves, causing mostly superficial/cosmetic damage, so I usually squish them when I find them on the avocados, but now I’ll reconsider. I wish they’d eat soft scale, that’s my main greenhouse avocado pest at the moment, and squishing by hand has been my main control method. I see “scale insects” listed in that quote but so far I’ve seen no sign of it.
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In a similar vein, are slugs sometimes beneficial? I’m pretty sure this one is munching on soft scale:
Yes, Praying Mantis.
Does anyone know what causes “strikes” like this on tomatoes? I had my 1-year-old in my arms or I would’ve cut one open to see what it looks like inside, I can go do that soon if that’ll help:
It’s hard to see in the photo, but they are both leaking juice from the holes.
Tomato fruit worm/corn earworm . Would be my guess .
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Certainly a noctuid moth caterpillar, could be the Corn Earworm, if not over 1 inch long.
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I put the tomatoes with holes in a screened terrarium so I can see what moths they become (assuming they can make it to that point with the pile of tomatoes as food).
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