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Other major pests the program has monitored this year include the apple maggot, Japanese beetle and spongy moth.

All other insect surveys, including for gypsy moth and apple maggot, cost about $40,000 annually.

The state Department of Agriculture last month said that counties under an apple maggot quarantine cannot ship compost to counties deemed free of the pest.

Another one on apples, known as apple maggot, and a related form on blueberry.

The eastern section, right-hand side, Champlain Valley and Hudson Valley, are primarily apple maggot regions.