What's eating my jujube?

Jujube is primarily damaged by the jujube fruit fly (Carpomya vesuviana), which stings developing fruit causing rot, and by green plant bugs (Apolygus lucorum), which have become the dominant foliage pest in Asian orchards. Leaf-roller and hairy caterpillars strip leaves in outbreaks. Monitor with traps and apply targeted sprays during early fruit development.

Females sting developing fruits to lay eggs; larvae feed inside, causing brown rot and premature fruit drop Use protein-bait or spinosad traps; bag fruit clusters; harvest promptly when ripe; collect and destroy fallen fruit

Piercing-sucking feeding on leaves and fruitlets; leaf damage has reached 80–90% on infested trees in Asian plantations Apply contact insecticides during nymph emergence; use yellow sticky traps for monitoring; remove nearby weed hosts

Roll and bind leaves with silk or skeletonize foliage; severe outbreaks strip entire canopies Hand-remove rolled leaves containing larvae; apply Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) or spinosad spray; encourage parasitic wasps