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Urban hot spots Home gardeners in the below hot spot areas are asked to take extra precautions to help ensure the effective control of fruit fly. The region’s trapping [...]

Advice for home gardeners Urban and township areas can expect to experience increased fruit fly activity in January, as is typical at this time of year. Effective fruit [...]

Fruit Fly in December Fruit fly numbers will soar in December if action isn’t taken to reduce the impact of fruit fly in home gardens. Home gardeners should [...]

Time to take action It is usual at this time of year that the greatest number of trapped fruit fly occur in urban areas where winter temperatures are [...]

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 [...]