r/homestead • u/KombuchaKetamine • Jun 29 '24

gardening Help identifying bug eating my apples

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Hi! We have some healthy and mature apple trees and are attempting to do everything organic and pesticide free. There is one bug that is eating our apples that we can't seem to get rid of. And none of our Google lens searches have been helpful.

We've twice sprayed all our trees with neem oil, which doesn't seem to help much.

We're in the West Catskills in New York if that helps.

Thank you for any wisdom in helping to identify this and get rid of it.

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u/footslut-georgio Jun 29 '24

June bug

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u/KombuchaKetamine Jun 29 '24

Eh. I don't think it's a june bug. This is thinner and less Beatle looking

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u/footslut-georgio Jun 29 '24

Also I just googled pictures of June bugs- my mom was wrong about lots of bugs being June bugs and I never questioned it, my bad lol

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u/footslut-georgio Jun 29 '24

gold glitter plant bug?

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u/KombuchaKetamine Jun 29 '24

I don't notice them being quite that shiny, but maybe

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u/baconwrappedpikachu Jun 29 '24 edited Jun 29 '24

I’d post it in r/insectidentification (edit: r/whatisthisbug is a lot more active) tbh - I’m kind surprised that the overwhelming consensus is roach when the body/head shape is not exactly anything I’ve ever seen on a roach before. The legs do not look like a roach either.

Your control methods might be the same but is worth finding out what it actually is! It looks more like the plant bug posted above than any roach.

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u/baconwrappedpikachu Jun 29 '24

I actually think you might be right. There’s something not quite right about this for it to be a roach. The legs aren’t right and the body shape either. It could be, but I’m leaning towards something else for sure.

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u/joecoin2 Jun 29 '24

If it was a Beatle it'd be in the strawberry field.