What's eating my apple 'honeycrisp'?

Honeycrisp apples face codling moth as the primary threat — larvae tunnel through fruit making it unmarketable. Aphids, apple sawfly, and woolly aphid also attack routinely. Deer and rabbits browse young trees in winter. Net or cage young trees and use pheromone traps for codling moth from late spring onward.

Frass-filled tunnels through the core and flesh; premature fruit drop with an entry hole visible at the eye or side Hang pheromone traps from pink-bud stage to monitor; apply Codacide oil or a pyrethrin-based spray at egg-hatch; consider kaolin clay barriers

Ribbon-like scarring on fruitlet skin followed by early June drop; internal ribbon tunnel if fruit is cut open Apply a pyrethrin spray within 7 days of petal fall; collect and destroy dropped fruitlets; sticky yellow traps catch adults

Tightly curled, distorted leaves in spring; stunted fruitlets that remain small and deformed at harvest Squash colonies by hand early; spray with insecticidal soap or a neem-oil drench; encourage ladybirds and lacewings

Bark stripped from the trunk base (rabbits) or shoots browsed off entirely (deer), especially autumn through early spring Fit spiral rabbit guards on young trunks; erect a wire fence or tree shelter; apply deer repellent spray on branches in late autumn