RAILROAD WORM Definition & Meaning

railroad worm

noun

the larva of a fruit fly, Rhagoletis pomonella, that burrows through apples, forming tunnels that sometimes appear on the skin as faint depressions or darkened trails: a serious pest of apples in colder regions of North America.

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Origin of railroad worm¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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Insects typically can’t see red, Marek says, but it’s thought that the railroad worm can.

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Apple Maggot.—It is fortunate that the apple maggot, often called the railroad worm because of its winding tunnels all through the fruit, is not as serious a pest as the codling moth for it is much more difficult to control with a poison.

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