In May 2017 the Victorian Government and Horticulture Innovation Australia funded the deployment of over 300 male-targeting Queensland QFF (QFF) traps in and around 21 towns between Strathbogie and Cobram in the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV). Traps were placed in rural and urban areas. Each trap contained a male QFF attractant (cuelure) and a [...]

COMMUNITY Current situation – February 2018 QFF adults are still being trapped in urban areas of the GMV. This means that, right now, the GMV QFF population is present as a mixture of adults, eggs, larvae and pupae. The weather is suitable for growth and maturation of QFF and there are many ripe and [...]

Trapping program More than 350 male-targeting traps have been deployed in and around 21 towns between Toolamba and Cobram as part of the program and are checked weekly. Each trap contains a male attractant (cuelure) and a pesticide (malathion). These traps do not attract female fruit fly, but are used to detect the presence [...]

Trapping IK Caldwell, with funding from the State Government of Victoria and Horticulture Innovation Australia, has deployed over 300 male-targeting Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) traps in and around 21 towns between Strathbogie, Victoria and Barooga, New South Wales. Traps have been set in rural and urban areas and are checked weekly. Each trap contains [...]