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Strawberries: Leaves are rolled up

Leafrollers

Leafrollers are insect larvae that roll themselves inside a leaf and then pupate. They rarely cause economic damage, but may feed on ripe fruit.

 

Strawberry leaf curled upwards into tube by leafroller larvae.
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Demchak, Penn State University.

 

Leafroller larva visible in strawberry leaf. Webbing and damaged leaf tissue is present. Larva is no longer than adult human thumbnail.
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Demchak, Penn State University.

 

Crinkled, rolled-up leaf with green larva inside. Larva resembles an inchworm.
Leafroller larva in leaf.

 

Long green-yellow larva. Body is straight, made up of 12 smooth-ridged segments in addition to an orange head. Segments 3 and 4 (from head) have two white oval dots on surface. Segment 6 has one white oval dot on curface.
Leafroller larva.

 

Side view of mottled brown moth with wedge-shaped body; wings are wedge-shaped and cover thorax and abdomen. Wings have tortiseshell coloration.
Leafroller adult

 

A leaf with a white splotch attached. Egg mass is foamy, white, with tan-orange spots scattered irregularly throughout.
Leafroller egg mass.

 

Leafroller larva dwelling in a hole in a ripe strawberry fruit.
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Demchak, Penn State University.

 

Leafroller larva traveling along unripe strawberry. Larva is approximately one sepal-length long.
Photo courtesy of Kathleen Demchak, Penn State University. 

 

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