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 the orchard. Follow label directions and cautions.
- Commence placement of fruit fly traps and male annihilation blocks around […]
Community update – July 2021
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 fruit left on trees and the ground. It is likely higher than normal numbers of adult flies have […]
Community update – June 2021
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 are essential to identifying Queensland fruit fly hot spots, timing of management activities and evaluating the effectiveness of programs such as the release of sterile […]
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 increase.
Rural, […]
Queensland Fruit Fly Growers Update (May 2021)
Conditions favourable for fruit fly
Increased Queensland fruit fly pressure is the result of warmer and wetter weather than usual, together with the presence of more unharvested fruit still on-tree or fallen to the ground. The La Niña weather pattern which ended in March 2021 was favourable to fruit fly development and survival, as […]
Community update – May 2021
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 Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Area Wide Management Program, funded by the Victorian Government. What you do now will impact fruit fly numbers in your garden […]