Left: Adult apple clearwing. Right: Larvae burrow under tree bark for almost two years, feeding on the cambium layer, before pupating. Young trees are particularly vulnerable. Although control measures have been reasonably effective in the fight against the apple clearwing moth in British Columbia, Canada’s Similkameen Valley, the insect is proving to be alarmingly pervasive. Following North America’s first confirmed discovery of the clearwing moth (Synanthedon myopaeformis) in B.C.’s southern interior in 2005, it has since been identified in orchards in Keremeos, Oliver, North Osoyoos, Kelowna and coastal B.C., as well as in Ontario and parts of Washington State. The […]