Codling moth
Codling moth larvae are also found commonly feeding in cavities in the centre of apple fruits.
- However, codling moth larvae tend to occur later in the season (apple sawfly larvae have vacated fruitlets to pupate in the soil by late June or early July) and codling moth larvae tend to produce dry frass at the entrance hole in the fruit surface.
- Codling moth larvae have 5 pairs of prolegs and their abdomens do not taper to the apex.
- Sawfly larvae have 7 pairs of prolegs and their abdomens taper towards their apex.