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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

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Can you identify what insect may be feeding inside this pear? Note there is feeding in the seed cavity.

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Though it is not possible to say with 100% certainty without seeing the larva, this damage is rather typical of codling moth damage. Oriental fruit moth rarely feed in the seed cavity. To know for certain, one would locate the larva and check for the presence of an anal comb; presence means it's an OFM, absence means codling moth.

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