Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, 7/23/18

Based on degree-day accumulations and pheromone trap captures in non-managed orchards, codling moth and oriental fruit moth both remain active in the mountains (Henderson County), but populations appear to be low in many managed orchards. In most situations, a single insecticide application targeting codling moth will likely be sufficient, but all decisions should be based on trap captures in individual orchards.

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