| Overview of pests in fruit trees, click on link for detail |
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 Wasps |
 Although wasps are regarded as a pest throughout the warmer months, they are really only a problem at the end of the summer when the nests begin to vacate. Early in the summer they are quite useful predators taking caterpillars as food for their young. |
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| Spider Mites |
 Brown, nectrotic areas of your plant leaves and a fine webbing usually indicate the presence of this pest. Fruit tree red spider mite is a different species to Glasshouse red spider mite. |
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| Flea & Leaf Beatles |
 A large number of beetle species can cause considerable damage to garden plamts and vegetables throughout the year. |
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| Caterpillars |
 Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths, although, the larvae of some other groups of insects, such as sawfly, are often called caterpillars.Codling moth and Plum Fruit moth are the main species that are a pest to fruit trees. |
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| Aphids Outdoor |
 Aphids, commonly known as greenfly and blackfly feed on plant sap by inserting their mouthparts into plant tissue. When in numbers trees can drip sticky honeydew. |