Fruit flies
Keeping your orchard pest-free. By Dane McDonald. It is the trouble every fruit grower is trying to avoid— finding a fruit-fly larva— just one hit can ruin the day, if not the entire season. “Nobody wants a maggot in their…
International research summarised
Spotted wing drosophila invaded Europe and North America more than 15 years ago. What have researchers since learned? By Anna Mouton. The global spread of spotted wing drosophila has been alarming but impressive. These tiny insects are reported to fly…