Five different species of fruit flies have finally been eradicated from nine different California counties, marking a successful effort involving traps, backyard treatments, prohibitions against fruit sharing and extra applications by commercial growers.
This means the quarantines and restrictions on backyard fruit have been lifted, and commercial growers can go back to full-scale marketing and selling their fruit without the addition of extra, more costly treatment.
These fruit flies can get into 300 types of commodities, producing larvae, maggots and more adult fruit flies. The insect makes the fruit inedible and has ruined countless backyard gardens.
Commercial growers of oranges, lemons, grapefruits and other citrus had to spend more money to get rid of the pest. Commercial growers either lost their crops or had to pay more money for additional treatment.
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