2021 May Newsletter
Conditions favourable for fruit fly Increased Queensland fruit fly pressure is the result of warmer and wetter weather than usual, together with the presence of more unharvested fruit [...]
Home gardeners essential to control efforts The 2020/21 Queensland fruit fly season has been longer and more severe than usual. You and your garden are part of the [...]
Autumn control Unmanaged fruit must be controlled through autumn, as it is the root cause of fruit fly population explosions in spring. Queensland fruit fly are desperate to [...]
Favourable conditions for fruit fly The 2020/21 fruit season has been a particularly bad year for Queensland fruit fly. Despite the positive efforts of communities in keeping fruit [...]
Labour shortages The shortage of labour to pick fruit this season is causing many growers to leave excess fruit on their trees or the ground. Although growers are not [...]
Fruit fly increase Trapping data confirms the 2020/21 Queensland fruit fly season has been particularly bad. This is largely due to the onset of the La Niña weather [...]