Fruit Fly Rural Update (May 2023)
Autumn activity essential Left-over fruit found on trees and the ground, together with benign weather conditions play a role in supporting the survival of Queensland fruit fly throughout autumn. [...]
Autumn activity essential Left-over fruit found on trees and the ground, together with benign weather conditions play a role in supporting the survival of Queensland fruit fly throughout autumn. [...]
Post-harvest hygiene Orchard or post-harvest hygiene is necessary to help break the fruit fly cycle. Successfully cleaning up your orchard, home garden and nearby untended land of potential [...]
Autumn activity Queensland fruit fly numbers across the Goulburn Murray Valley remain high and are expected to increase throughout autumn. Fruit fly will continue to move out of [...]
Protect against fruit fly Queensland Fruit Fly attacks and damages a range of fruit and vegetables. Fruit fly control is a community effort and requires action from home gardeners, [...]
Protect against fruit fly Fruit fly control over summer, when the pest is most active, is critical for anyone with a fruit tree, orchard or vegetable patch. You can [...]
Summer spike Queensland fruit fly numbers are on the rise and will continue to steadily increase throughout summer. It is important home gardeners, property owners and growers are [...]
Increased fruit fly spring activity Fruit fly activity is on the rise as we hit the spring peak and start to experience population increases which will continue to [...]
Spring outlook Higher than usual rainfall across the Goulburn Murray Valley combined with current higher than average daily minimum temperatures have resulted in ideal conditions for fruit fly. Weather [...]
Activity snapshot Higher than usual rainfall along with typical daily minimum and maximum temperatures are providing highly favourable conditions for adult Queensland fruit flies. These conditions make it [...]
Orchard hygiene and pre-spring activity It is recommended commercial growers initiate a crop checking schedule in August in preparation for increased fruit fly activity in the lead up [...]