What's eating my loganberry?

Loganberry is a raspberry–blackberry hybrid and shares their pest spectrum: raspberry beetle grubs in the fruit are the top threat, followed by aphids that spread virus and birds that strip ripe berries. Slugs can reach low-trained canes. Net fruiting canes and spray beetle at petal-fall for best protection.

White maggots inside ripening loganberries; fruit unusable Spray pyrethrum or deltamethrin at petal-fall and fruit-set; time to evening to protect bees

Crinkling, rolling shoot tips; honeydew deposits; virus vector risk Insecticidal soap spray; encourage natural predators; remove infested tips promptly

Ripe fruit stripped quickly; the dark-red berries are highly attractive Fine-mesh fruit cage net over fruiting canes; check for gaps

Damage to fruit on low-trained canes; holes in berries; slime trails Ferric phosphate pellets; copper rings at cane bases; hand-pick at night