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and the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly; Ceratitis capitata), found largely in WA. Hardie explains that the females attack immature fruit on the tree to lay their eggs inside, which hatch into ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has released a five-year strategy to fight ...

The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) ("medfly"), attacks over 250 species of fruits and vegetables. Females puncture fruit when they lay eggs and hatched larvae destroy the fruit. With ...

The Mediterranean fruit fly is very tiny -only about 1/4 inch in length- but they can potentially cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to crops if left unchecked, officials said.

One of several types of invasive fruit flies, the Mediterranean fruit fly is among the "most damaging agricultural pests in the world," Pichler says. Native to sub-Saharan Africa, it originally set up ...

USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.

Educational exhibits include the Little Seed Library, Mediterranean Fruit Fly and Sustainable Wedding ideas. Free admission. Non-members encouraged to enter the horticulture display from 3:30 to 5 ...