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NZ catches 14 fruit flies in a year at a cost of $18m
Auckland's fruit fly response has come in just under budget, at nearly $18 million. With just 14 flies caught, that's just under $1.3m per fly!
Read full storyQueensland fruit fly destroys apricot harvest at Greensborough property
The dreaded Queensland fruit fly has devastated a “bumper crop” of apricots in Greensborough and the confirmed case has fruit growers in the Yarra Valley scrambling to protect their summer produce.
Read full storyFruit fly larvae reach Tasmanian shores on a Queensland mango
Fruit fly larvae have been detected in Tasmania on a mango imported from Queensland.
Read full storyCobram trials to stop Queensland Fruit Fly
Two million sterile Queensland fruit flies will be released near Cobram in an attempt to manage pest populations.
Read full storyBlue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds
The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our eyes. But a new study in fruit flies suggests that blue light can even be harmful to brains and speed up ageing — again, in fruit flies. There’s a very long way to go before we could assume the same is true for people.
Read full storyResearchers making fruit flies twice as 'sexy'
Australian researchers have developed a new type of fly food that can help double the number of "sexy" sterile Queensland fruit flies being reared in laboratories.
Read full storySterile fruit flies soon to hit NSW and Victorian skies
Millions of sterile Queensland Fruit Flies to be released over trial sites in western NSW and northern Victoria.
Read full storySpring into action against fruit fly
Now is the time to start action against fruit fly this season. With the days starting to warm up Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) are starting to become more active in their search for food.
Read full story$10M funding injection to support the eradication of Qfly
Australian research into sterile insect technology has been strengthened through a $10 million collaborative project managed by Hort Innovation, with significant cash contributions by Western Sydney University and the Government of South Australia.
Read full storyNew funding to keep exotic fruit fly at bay in FNQ
The Queensland Government has moved to protect jobs in Far North Queensland’s agricultural sector by boosting funding to efforts to eradicate exotic fruit fly in the region.
Read full storyFunding for development of new fruit fly control technology
Macquarie University has recently been awarded $4.7 million funding from Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd to identify the genetic code that enables elimination of females in overseas fruit flies so that these characteristics can be reproduced in Australia’s Queensland fruit fly.
Read full storyFruit fly outbreak declared at Lindsay Point, Victoria
An outbreak of Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) was declared on Tuesday 21 May at Lindsay Point in Victoria, after a detection of a gravid female.
Read full storyFruit fly eradication fight in South Australia boosted by new x-ray irradiation machine
South Australia will be able to produce up to 50 million sterile fruit flies a week to protect the state's $1.2 billion horticulture industry.
Read full storyResearch Impact: Management solutions for pest fruit flies in Australia and south-east Asia
Pest fruit flies cause fruit and vegetable production losses, food shortages in developing countries, and severe trade restrictions preventing export of horticultural products.
Read full storyCommon fruit flies are beginning to build a resistance to common insecticides
Fruit flies in temperate parts of the country are becoming resistant to common insecticides, new research has found.
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