A highly magnified microscope image of a yellow-white pupating wasp. The wasp's body is fairly slender and still pale as it develops. It has long antennae, and its eyes are brown. It is probably 2mm long and lying on tissue paper.

A highly magnified microscope view of a yellowish pupating wasp. Its body is fairly slender, its eyes are brown and its legs are long. It lies on tissue paper.

Thank you to everyone sending us #AppleBlossomWeevil capped blossom from their UK #orchards and trees. We are spotting some really interesting parasitoids developing - two or maybe three species. This implies we have some natural enemies of this re-emerging pest already present in the UK.

A fairly close-up view of the tip of an apple branch, with green leaves and a flower bud that is shrivelled and brown because it contains a weevil that has damaged it.

We want your apple blossom weevils!

Are you an apple orchard grower or apple agronomist in the UK?

We are looking for capped blossom sightings in UK orchards, and a bit of information about the locations where you are finding them.

#IPM #AppleOrchards #AppleBlossomWeevil #Horticulture