Pepper Maggot

5.Pepper Maggot

Whitish yellow, pointed at the head and about 0.5 inches when fully grown. Pepper maggot fly (zonosemata electa) resembles housefly, but have black markings on the wings.

Maggot inside pepper fruit Adult fly

Symptoms and Damage

• The maggots feed on the core inside the pepper fruit, which causes the peppers to turn red prematurely and rot from the inside out.

Management

• Install yellow stickers to control adult flies • Collect and remove attacked fruits • Spray indoxcarb, chlorantraniliprole