Community update – April 2026
Summary The trapping surveillance grid in the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) has revealed a buildup of the Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) populations from late February to March. As [...]
Summary The trapping surveillance grid in the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) has revealed a buildup of the Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) populations from late February to March. As [...]
This information has been commissioned by the Goulburn Murray Valley Area Wide Management Fruit Fly Program and is funded by the Victorian Government. Use of this [...]
Summary The majority of the Goulburn Murray Valley’s (GMV’s) commercial horticulture is harvested over the coming months. These crops will be prone to attack by Queensland fruit fly [...]
This information has been commissioned by the Goulburn Murray Valley Area Wide Management Fruit Fly Program and is funded by the Victorian Government. Use of this [...]
Fruit Fly Trends Qfly numbers trapped have been on a downward trend throughout January due to excessively hot and dry weather conditions. Historically, there is a general upward [...]
This information has been commissioned by the Goulburn Murray Valley Area Wide Management Fruit Fly Program and is funded by the Victorian Government. Use of this [...]
Trapping Grid On the 10th of December 2025 Greater Shepparton City Council announced it had secured $469,000 in Victorian Government funding to manage fruit fly across the municipal [...]
This information has been commissioned by the Goulburn Murray Valley Area Wide Management Fruit Fly Program and is funded by the Victorian Government. Use of this [...]
Fact One female Qfly after mating just once with a male Qfly can lay up to about 2,000 eggs which can produce around 800 sexually mature adult Qfly. [...]
This information has been commissioned by the Goulburn Murray Valley Area Wide Management Fruit Fly Program and is funded by the Victorian Government. Use of this [...]