Fruit Fly Rural Update (November 2022)
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 build over summer. Fruit fly currently active across the Goulburn Murray Valley are adult flies that were able to survive the winter by over wintering. The next […]
Fruit Fly Rural Update (October 2022)
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 conditions are optimal for fruit fly and will see an increase in fruit fly activity.
Stop the spread
Fruit fly management […]
Fruit Fly Rural Update (September 2022)
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 ideal for fruit fly that were able to survive winter to continue to become active through spring and find fruit to infest.
September outlook
A third consecutive La Niña […]
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 to survive winter as adults begin to leave winter refuges and infest fruit. If these flies can be controlled over spring, then later spikes […]
Fruit Fly Rural Update (August 2022)
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 to spring. Regular inspections should be undertaken and should include monitoring in and around the orchard, home garden, feral fruit on creek banks and roadsides, along with […]
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 to earlier fruit fly activity than usual.
The warmer weather will see adult flies begin to wake up from their winter down-time and become more active. Evergreen trees […]