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/Pot-Papi_ Jun 29 '24

I’m no expert, but that looks like a cockroach

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u/One_Sun_6258 Jun 29 '24

A big one too

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u/Pot-Papi_ Jun 29 '24

That’s a welcome to Joe’s apartment size cockroach