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Over wintering fruit fly Queensland fruit fly numbers were high last season due to the La Nina weather pattern and a shortage of harvest labour resulting in excess [...]

Trapping grid insights The Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) Fruit Fly Area Wide Management program monitors trapping grids in urban, peri-urban and rural locations across the region. These grids [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Stop the spread Home gardeners and property owners can help in the fight against Queensland fruit fly by undertaking a few simple actions. Essential strategies for home gardeners [...]

New season populations Queensland fruit fly numbers increased in urban areas throughout the region in December 2020, representing the start of the new season’s fruit fly population. If [...]

Travelling with fruit All visitors to the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) coming from fruit fly infested areas of Victoria and other parts of Australia should take care, when [...]

Help break the breeding cycle Spring provides an opportunity to break the breeding cycle of Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) by limiting fruit available to the pest and preventing new [...]

Spring flurry Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) trapping rates across the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) have started their seasonal upward trend. This increase marks the beginning of the new [...]