The search for oriental fruit flies is continuing in south Auckland ... traps have been set up in the Papatoetoe Mangere area to catch any sightings of the insect which could jeopardise New ...

Legal controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables on Auckland’s North Shore will remain in place for the next few weeks as part of the response to the discovery of a single male Oriental fruit ...

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) says that discovery of a male Oriental fruit fly on Auckland’s North Shore is a cause for concern for growers. The fruit fly was detected in a suburban backyard in ...

There's no evidence of a breeding population after the discovery of a second fruit fly on Thursday, according to New Zealand's head of biosecurity. Biosecurity New Zealand is investigating and ...

A biosecurity operation is under way and extra field teams are today in the suburb of Birkdale, on Auckland’s North Shore, after the discovery of a single male Oriental fruit fly in a surveillance ...

Legal controls over the movement of fruit and vegetables in areas of Auckland's North Shore are in place after the discovery of another Oriental fruit fly. The single male Oriental fruit fly was found ...

Early last month, an Oriental fruit fly was discovered in the Mangere/ Papatoetoe area, kicking off a Controlled Area Notice and increased trapping in the area. This month, controls in the area were ...

Fruit flies are those pesky little flies that hover everywhere ... Now that the potential of more eggs hatching and more flies appearing is handled, it’s time to catch any flies buzzing around. There ...

While fruit flies are harmless and are mostly just a nuisance, studies have shown they can be involved in the transmission of some food pathogens. We all know the story of leaving an apple in a desk ...

Any place that catches water or is moist, like a wet kitchen rag or the rug beside the sink, could become a breeding ground for fruit flies. Apart from consulting our experts, we also did some ...

Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common. It is all the more astonishing that roughly 60 percent of the fly's genes can also be found in humans in a similar form. Many insights gained ...