Codling Moth Life Cycle at Life

Codling Moth Life Cycle. Later, the developing embryo is visible as a red ring. Codling moth pupae are dark brown and shiny, and are covered by a tough, silken cocoon.

Mature larvae overwinter under bark in cocoons and pupate in spring. Hatching larvae immediately bore into fruit. Later, the developing embryo is visible as a red ring.

Codling Moth Integrated Pest Management

Codling moth has a different number of generations per year, depending where it is breeding in australia. Hatching larvae immediately bore into fruit. Adults of the second generation fly in july and august and lay their eggs. The eggs are about 1.3 x 1.0 mm, and whitish opalescent when laid.