Pest on crop
Cherry Fruit Fly on sour cherry
Rhagoletis cingulata
Native fly whose larvae develop in ripening cherries, the primary fresh-market quality concern.
- Pest
- Cherry Fruit Fly
- Scientific name
- Rhagoletis cingulata
- Crop
- Sour Cherry
- Total hosts
- 2
Cherry Fruit Fly on sour cherry
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Signs on sour cherry
- ▸ Small puncture wounds on cherries
- ▸ Larvae visible when fruit is cut
- ▸ Fruit collapse near harvest
IPM controls
- ✓ Yellow sticky traps for monitoring
- ✓ Targeted spray at first catch
- ✓ Prompt removal of fallen fruit
- ✓ Reduce wild cherry hosts near orchard
Other crops affected by cherry fruit fly
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