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‘Potentially destructive’ fruit fly larvae seized at Detroit airport, officials say
Oriental fruit fly, melon fly, and Mexican fruit fly. These species are considered some of the “most damaging agriculture pests in the world,” officials said. A caper fruit fly was last ...
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Volatiles Attractive to the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Eleven Bacteria Taxa
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 81, No. 4 (Dec., 1998), pp. 497-508 (12 pages) Filtrates of 11 bacteria representing 4 higher taxonomic categories were attractive to Mexican fruit flies, Anastrepha ...
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Incursion of non-native fruit flies requires $129M in emergency funding
Jan. 17 (UPI) --The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.
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Laboratory and Field Olfactory Attraction of the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Metabolites of Bacterial Species
The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Mar., 1994), pp. 117-126 (10 pages) Bacteria isolated from the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens Loew, were identified and found to be similar to bacteria ...
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Tephritid fruit flies
Anastrepha fruit flies are the main fruit fly pests throughout the Western Hemisphere. The SIT has been applied to exclude the Mexican fruit fly (A. ludens) from California and Texas, to suppress the ...