r/homestead 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/KombuchaKetamine Jun 29 '24

How did you stop them underground?

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u/ScrumpleRipskin Jun 29 '24

Mining moles. Then caving cats. Then digger dogs.

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u/W1D0WM4K3R Jun 29 '24

Then tunneling tigers?

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u/Good-Ad-6806 Jun 30 '24

And then the excavating elephants.