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Blackberry and Raspberry-Strawberry crown moth Synanthedon bibionipennis Pest description and crop damage The adult strawberry crown moth is a clear-winged moth about a 12 mm long that, like the raspberry crown borer, is black and yellow and resembles a y ...

Blackberry and Raspberry-Thrips Frankliniella spp. Pest description and crop damage Adult thrips are small (about 1-2 mm long at maturity), slender insects with fringed wings. They are generally white when young but brown or black when mature. Larvae are ...

Blackberry and Raspberry-Winter moth Operophtera brumata Pest description and crop damage Adults are small gray, tan, or off-white moths that have a hairy appearance. Female moths have a much reduced wing size and are flightless. Larvae, up to 12 mm long, ...

Blackberry and Raspberry-Woods weevil Nemocestes incomptus Pest description and crop damage The woods weevil is a native insect and is also known as the raspberry bud weevil. The adults are sooty dark brown, covered with small hairs and with gray spots or ...

Blackberry and Raspberry-Yellowjacket Including Aerial yellowjacket (Dolichovespula arenaria) Common yellowjacket (Vespula vulgaris) German yellowjacket (V. germanica) Western yellowjacket (V. pensylvanica) Pest description and crop damage Yellowjackets a ...

Cranberry-Blackheaded fireworm Rhopobota naevana Pest description and crop damage This insect overwinters in the egg stage on undersides of cranberry leaves. Larvae are greenish yellow with a shiny black head, and are 0.25 inch long at maturity. First-bro ...

Cranberry-Cranberry girdler Chrysoteuchia topiaria Pest description and crop damage Larvae overwinter in cocoons in plant duff. Adult moths appear in May, June, and July. Larvae reach 0.5 inch long and are dirty white with a brown head. They feed on stems ...

Cranberry-Cutworm Numerous species Pest description and crop damage There are a number of moth species with larvae (cutworms) that have a wide range of colors, markings, and patterns. The foliage-feeding larvae generally feed at night, and clip off tips o ...

Cranberry-Cranberry fruitworm Acrobasus vaccinii Pest description and crop damage This pest overwinters as larvae encased in a hibernaculum. Moth emergence occurs during late June and can be monitored with pheromone traps. Eggs are laid singly on the frui ...

Cranberry-Cranberry tipworm Dasineura oxycoccana Pest description and crop damage Like other diptera of the gall midge family, the adult is a very small fly, about 1 to 3 mm long, and reddish. Larvae are 1 mm long and 0.3 mm wide, are white to orange and ...