Residents in a swathe of suburbs in Perth's south are urged to remove all fruit and fruiting vegetables from their gardens following the detection of the Queensland fruit fly, which poses a significant threat to the state's horticultural industries.
Wow that’s a legit response. Do they think that these kind of eradication efforts will ultimately stop the fly from becoming endemic or is it a regular surge in insect population that requires extreme measures regularly?
I think they can stop it from becoming endemic, it seems to have been controlled successfully a few times in the past. Unfortunately more Qfly seems to appear every few years, but that’s partially why WA is so strict about throwing produce in the bin at the airport!
Wow that’s a legit response. Do they think that these kind of eradication efforts will ultimately stop the fly from becoming endemic or is it a regular surge in insect population that requires extreme measures regularly?
I think they can stop it from becoming endemic, it seems to have been controlled successfully a few times in the past. Unfortunately more Qfly seems to appear every few years, but that’s partially why WA is so strict about throwing produce in the bin at the airport!