Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly)
Ceratitis capitata
For more information about this plant pest, see the CABI data sheet.
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- 7/2020 - APHIS Removes the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata) Quarantine Area in Devore, San Bernardino County, California
- 3/2020 - New Zealand fruit fly operation ends
- 3/2020 - Scientists Go for the Gut to Help Defeat Fruit Flies
- 1/2020 - Minister Urges Public to Protect Fruit Fly Traps
- 12/2019 - Chilean avocados close in on Australian market access
- 11/2019 - Russia sends mandarins back to Turkey due to Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- 11/2019 - Medfly infestation triggers quarantine in parts of San Bernardino
- 10/2019 - Turkey takes extra precautions against Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- 7/2019 - Medfly detected in Belize
- 6/2019 - Morocco Sets up Pest Surveillance Network to Suppress Medfly, Promotes Sterile Insect Technique