Queensland Fruit Fly Growers Update (January 2022)
January snapshot Fruit fly activity will continue to increase throughout January until April, with a small drop likely during January when very hot dry weather occurs. There is a risk that adult flies that survived winter were able [...]
Queensland Fruit Fly Grower’s Update (December 2021)
Fruit fly snapshot Fruit fly build-up commences when numbers in urban areas start to decline and fruit starts to ripen in rural locations – generally around February. However, if your orchard or farm is close to town, (within [...]
Queensland Fruit Fly Grower’s Update (November 2021)
Rising pressure Fruit fly populations are in the middle of the spring peak. These flies are overwintering adults that have left their winter refuges in search of mates and fruit to infest. Many of these adults have already [...]
Queensland Fruit Fly Grower’s Update (October 2021)
A regional snapshot Fruit fly trapping rates spiked in late August and early September reflecting the emergence of adult fruit fly from their winter refuges. The weather outlook for October in the Goulburn Murray Valley favours the survival [...]
Queensland Fruit Fly Growers Update (July 2021)
Stop the spread Essential control measures for activisation include applying protein baits to crop boundaries, untended fruiting trees and crop trees before fruits mature or early in the season to reduce the fruit fly load in and near [...]
Queensland Fruit Fly Growers Update (June 2021)
Population increase Queensland fruit fly numbers remained higher than normal across the Goulburn Murray Valley during May. Weather conditions including the La Niña weather system and the effects of more unharvested and fallen fruit than usual contributed to this [...]