The first-ever trial using sterile male fruit flies released by aircraft to control the Queensland fruit fly population is described as a resounding success. Skip to main content ABC News Homepage ...

A trap luring male fruit flies with sex and female fruit flies with food is helping to manage the pest in north-west Victoria. Skip to main content ABC News Homepage ...

Updated 3.33PM: Auckland's fruit fly scare has ramped up another level with the discovery of a third bug. The single female fly was found in a lemon tree i ...

University of Queensland. (2015, June 26). Attractive female flies harmed by male sexual attention. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 06 ...

Bugs that help bugs: How environmental microbes boost fruit fly reproduction. ScienceDaily . Retrieved April 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 12 / 231221123050.htm ...

The quarantine covers a 76-square-mile area in Ventura and LA counties. So far, two invasive Queensland fruit flies were found in the Conejo Valley. Officials need the public's help to stop the ...

The news comes shortly after Tau fruit flies and Medflies caused a similar quarantine in Los Angeles County. The Queensland fruit fly (QFF), was the newest invasive species to be detected in the area.

California is under attack. Agriculture officials sounded that alarm on Friday after two Queensland fruit flies were found in Ventura County, marking at least the third discovery of invasive and ...

Too much male sexual attention harms attractive females, according to a new Australian and Canadian study on fruit flies. Associate Professor Steve Chenoweth from The University of Queensland's ...