Bay Area towns likely quarantined over invasive fruit flies until June 2024
Bay Area towns likely quarantined over invasive fruit flies until June 2024
Bay Area towns are under quarantine due to the Oriental fruit fly, a voracious pest which has the capacity to destroy California's favorite crops.
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Residents within the quarantined areas need to keep all homegrown produce on their own property.
11 0 ReplyFruit flies will totally respect that.
7 0 ReplyYeah I don't understand this approach. Aren't fruit flies already on everything? I can't imagine they're spreading from one person's house to another and becoming this big of a problem.
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I remember having to do abatement against the glassy winged sharpshooter when I was a kid. This that?
2 0 ReplyThe article should show a photo of the bug in question for those, like me, that have no idea what one looks like.
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