What's eating my keitt mango?

Keitt Mango, a late-season Florida cultivar, faces mango hoppers at flowering, mango seed weevil inside the stone, and fruit flies in the ripening flesh. Its large fruit size can attract heavier fruit fly pressure. Mealybugs and scale infest shoots. Proper sanitation — removing fallen fruit promptly — is critical.

Feeding on flower panicles causes honeydew, sooty mold, and catastrophic flower and fruitlet drop Thiamethoxam or imidacloprid at panicle emergence; repeat application at small-fruit stage

Larva develops inside the seed; no external fruit damage visible; detected only at cutting; quarantine pest in many regions Source certified pest-free planting material; do not move seed or unprocessed fruit across quarantine zones; no in-tree control is practical

Maggots in ripening pulp cause internal rot and premature fruit drop Protein bait traps; fruit bagging; harvest at color break before full ripeness