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Codling moth caterpillar

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Codling moth caterpillar

Although codling moth caterpillars are mainly a pest of apples, they will also eat pears, nectarines, peaches, plums and apricots. They are present throughout New Zealand.

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Alison Popay, Insect pests of crops, pasture and forestry – Apple and kiwifruit pests, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17982/codling-moth-caterpillar (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Alison Popay, published 1 March 2009.