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Birds pecking at Avocados

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kim starts with ...
The crows have left peck marks in the avocados that are still hanging on the tree. Are these dangerous to eat? What can I do with them?
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7th July 2011 1:22pm
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kim says...
What I thought was birds pecking is actually from a fruitspotting bug. I wonder if these fruits can still be eaten.
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7th July 2011 1:48pm
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Mike says...
My ones especially wurtz and shepard get spotted by them as well.They are alright to eat but leave hard lumps to be avoided.It can make the avocado fruit more prone to dropping off and fungal rots when ripening.They also bite the new growth and flower stalks.Tea leaf bugs are a worse pest of avocadoes at my place.
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kim says...
Thanks Mike, so thats what the hard lumps are from. The avos are huge, like a softball and taste fantastic. Am glad to know they are OK to eat.
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amanda says...
I think this is what is doing the same to my passionfruit..? Something 'stings' the green fruit and they ripen up fine - except it leaves quite a few very hard lumps in the skin that you can see on the inside of the skin too?

Edit: apparently we don't have it in WA - so it must be something else..? Do fruit fly try to sting immature passionfruit? (there no maggots ever inside..)
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kim says...
Yes here we have the fruit spotting bug and nothing is ever left inside.
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26th July 2011 2:55pm
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kim says...
What I mean is no maggots are left inside, the fruit is still beautiful.
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