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Apple maggot is a noun.
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WHAT DOES APPLE MAGGOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Apple maggot

The apple maggot, also known as railroad worm, is a pest of several fruits, mainly apples. Before the arrival of apples from Europe, it was found mainly in hawthorns. The adult form of this insect is about 5 mm long, slightly smaller than a house fly, with a white dot on its thorax and a characteristic black banding shaped like an "F" on its wings. When threatened it turns its wings 90 degrees and moves them up and down whilst walking sideways; the combination mimics the appearance of it being a spider due to the wing pattern in the new position appearing as additional legs. The larva, which is the stage of this insect's life cycle that causes the actual damage to the fruit, is similar to a typical fly larva or maggot. Other "worms," especially the larvae of the codling moth, that infest the insides of apples are often confused with the apple maggot. Generally speaking, however caterpillars often feed in the apple’s core while apple maggots feed on the fruit flesh. In infested fruit, the larvae are often difficult to detect due to their pale, cream colour and small body size.

Definition of apple maggot in the English dictionary

The definition of apple maggot in the dictionary is a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, the larvae of which bore into and feed on the fruit of apple trees: family Trypetidae.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE APPLE MAGGOT

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Synonyms and antonyms of apple maggot in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «apple maggot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPLE MAGGOT

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Translator English - Chinese

苹果蛆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gusano de la manzana
570 millions of speakers

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apple maggot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सेब भुनगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفاح يرقة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

яблоко опарыш
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

larva da maçã
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপেল ম্যাগাজিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche de la pomme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Epal epal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Apfelmaden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リンゴのウジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사과 구더기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apel apel
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

táo sâu non
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆப்பிள் maggot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सफरचंद खगोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Elmalı kurtçuk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apple maggot
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jabłko larwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

яблуко опариш
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apple vierme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μήλο maggot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Apple luim
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

äpple maggot
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

apple maggot
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPLE MAGGOT»

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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and ...
Apple maggot traps are red, apple-size spheres covered with sticky coating. The traps attract the attention of adult flies when they are ready to lay eggs. Zooming in for a landing on what they think is an apple, they become entrapped in the ...
Barbara W. Ellis, Fern Marshall Bradley, Helen Atthowe, 1996
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
The apple maggot overwinters as a pupa in the soil. Adults from the single annual generation of flies emerge in late June to early July. Females cannot lay eggs until they become reproductively mature, 7-10 days after emergence. Females lay ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Biological Control in the Western United States: ...
Biology and Pest Status The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), is a major pest throughout the northeastern apple-growing regions of the United States as well as in Canada. In the western United States it is a recent introduction.
James Robert Nechols, 1995
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The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition
Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition Michael Phillips. The apple maggot fly adult with its distinctive W marking on each transparent wing, and fruit injury caused by the infamous “railroad worm” making a maggoty mess throughout the  ...
Michael Phillips, 2005
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Biorational Tree Fruit Pest Management
Toward host trees. The apple maggot fly uses visual stimuli as it approaches host trees. Prokopy (1968a) began by first demonstrating that flies were more attracted to yellow rectangles (30 × 40 cm) than to green, orange, blue, red, violet, black ...
MartÃn Aluja, Tracy C. Leskey, Charles Vincent, 2009
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Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
Subsequently, apple maggot spread throughout the eastern, central, southern, and portions of the western states. In California, it has been confirmed in Del Norte County and several counties to the south of it, including Siskiyou, Hum- APPLE ...
University of California (System). Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1999
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Technical Bulletin
Pennsylvania. Since 1908 the apple maggot has been reported at intervals from scattered localities, especially in the northeastern and central parts of the State. New Jersey. The insect has been present since 1889, but seems to do little ...
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Fruit flies of economic importance 84
Recent studies (1) with opiines of apple maggot in the Northwest indicate that two effective parasitoids of a closely related insect, the snowberry maggot, Rhagoletis zephyria Snow, have shifted to apple maggots in Oregon. This suggests that ...
C.V. Cavalloro, 1986
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Endless Forms: Species and Speciation
... the shift of the apple maggot fly, Rhagoletis pumonella (Diptera: Tephritidae, Walsh1, from its native host hawthorn (Cra- taegus L. spp.1 to introduced, domestic apple (Malus purnila L.l. an event that occurred in the Hudson Valley Region of ...
Daniel J. Howard, Stewart H. Berlocher, 1998
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Biological Control Programmes in Canada, 1981-2000
M. (1984) The use of degree—days to predict emergence of the apple maggot, Hhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist 116, 1123—1129. Mondor, EB. (1995) Syrphid captures on red sphere traps ...
Peter G. Mason, John Theodore Huber, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPLE MAGGOT»

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Growing Things: Eliminate apple maggots to salvage harvest
The problem sounds like apple maggot. There are no eco-friendly sprays that would be effective for this insect. The apple maggots can be a ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
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Juneberries, Nanking cherries now ripe and abundant
Here, apple has many problems, including plum curculio, apple maggot, cedar-apple rust and black rot. But other sites are more friendly to ... «Almanac Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Growing appetizing apples: It's in the bag
The biggest enemy, though, is apple maggot. Commercial growers spray their orchards. But my tree was less than 20 feet from my neighbor's ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
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Odd Thoughts: Price to save a few apples heartbreakingly high
Another side of nature came to my garden two summers ago. Apple maggot. Apparently, it came into the Fraser Valley just a few years ago, and ... «Maple Ridge Times, Jun 15»
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WSDA trappers start annual hunt for evidence of gypsy moth activity
WSDA's trap and pest detection programs include gypsy moth, apple maggot, spartina, Mediterranean snail, Japanese beetle, sudden oak ... «Access Washington, Jun 15»
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Fielding Questions: Use traps to monitor for apple maggot flies
If you begin catching apple maggot flies, you might consider spraying the apple tree with Sevin insecticide following label directions. Because ... «INFORUM, Jun 15»
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Researchers discover massive genome switch in one generation
The research focuses on the fruit fly Rhagoletis pomonella, or “apple maggot,” a North American native that lays its eggs inside the fruit of the ... «HealthCanal.com, Jun 15»
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Tomatoes need friends too
Apple maggot flies begin searching for developing apples upon which to lay their eggs starting about mid-June. Drown hundreds of them with ... «Portage Daily Graphic, Jun 15»
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Pheromones offer green alternative to pesticide sprays
While apples are vulnerable to many pests that can't be targeted with pheromones, including the apple maggot and fungal disease called ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
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... Questions: Minutes should reflect condo board decisions · The apple maggot fly can infest trees and affect fruit, resulting in wormy apples. «Edmonton Journal, Jun 15»

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