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The discovery of nearly 30 invasive fruit flies has prompted a produce quarantine affecting over 79 square miles (204.6 square kilometers) of Los Angeles County as state and local officials try to ...
Millions of fruit flies are being dumped over Los Angeles as officials try to fight back against an invasive species.. Around 2.25 million sterile male fruit flies will be dropped over the Leimert ...
Residents within a smaller boundary — 200 meters of where a fruit fly was found — already may have gotten a visit from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, officials said.
Bactrocera tau), the pumpkin fruit fly or the tau fruit fly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. The species is native to tropical and subtropical Asia. [1] It is a major pest species of melons and other cucurbits. [citation needed] In 2023 the tau fruit fly was found in California.
The flies were found in and around the cities Santa Ana and Garden Grove, prompting officials to block off an 87-square mile quarantine zone. Parts of Southern California under quarantine over ...
Currently, California, Arizona, Florida and most of northern Mexico are considered free of Mexican fruit flies and eradication efforts are taking place in Texas, [13] [14] with some Texas quarantine areas having been successfully cleared and the quarantines lifted. [1]
fruit flies of genera in the Tephritidae family, including: [1] Anastrepha genus, especially the Mexican fruit fly; Bactrocera genus, notably the Melon fly; PPQ have implemented heightened surveillance measures for the entry of B. invadens; Ceratitis genus, particularly the Mediterranean fruit fly; grasshoppers; gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar dispar
The cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove have been placed under quarantine Wednesday in light of an uninvited and unwelcome visitor: the oriental fruit fly, an invasive pest that attacks over 230 ...