The western cherry fruit fly can’t lay eggs in the fruit until the fruit begins to soften. A salmon-colored blush on the cherries is a reliable sign that the fruit is softening and needs protection to ...

A TikTok video of harvested cherries soaking in vinegar and ice reveals small worms crawling out of the fruit. The larvae are a result of cherry fruit flies, which lay eggs on the fruit. While ...

Here’s what’s going on: While all sorts of insects have a taste for berries, one of the most likely culprits is the spotted wing drosophila (SWD), an invasive species of fruit fly that has become “a ...

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...