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Q.How Can I Get Rid of Worms From My Figs?

sheela added on January 10, 2012 | Answered

I have a very healthy fig tree full of fruits but all the figs are falling. Fallen fruits are full of worms. How can I treat my plant?

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Heather
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Answered on January 18, 2012

Your fig may be affected by sour worms (which are the larva of dried fruit beetles). These larva attack open eye figs (figs that have a open flower hole rather than a closed flower hole). Here is more information on this pest:
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-229.pdf

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