Community update – May 2026
Summary Most of the Goulburn Murray Valley’s commercial horticulture is harvested over the next couple of months. Autumn is often a time of increased Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) [...]
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05, 2026
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04, 2026
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 [...]
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03, 2026
Community update – March 2026
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 [...]
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02, 2026
Community update – February 2026
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 [...]
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01, 2026
Community update – January 2026
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 [...]
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12, 2025
Community update – December 2025
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. [...]
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09, 2022
Community update – September 2022
Breaking the life cycle Queensland fruit fly population build-up occurs from early spring. The level of fruit fly activity increases across the region as flies that were able [...]
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08, 2022
Community update – August 2022
Fruit fly activity to look out for August weather forecasts of higher than average temperatures are likely in the Goulburn Murray Valley and have the potential to lead [...]
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04, 2022
Community update – April 2022
Post-harvest hygiene Orchard or post-harvest hygiene is necessary to help break the fruit fly cycle. Autumn is generally the period for fruit flies to build up before winter [...]
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03, 2022
Community update – March 2022
Fruit fly and home gardeners Typically, at this time of year fruiting plants are finishing off in urban areas of the Goulburn Murray Valley as fruit is harvested, eaten [...]