Sterile male fruit flies will be released to eradicate pest; guidance issued to prevent further spread
KRT US NEWS STORY SLUGGED: MEDFLY KRT PHOTOGRAPH/MIAMI HERALD Picture shows a Mediterranean Fruit Fly also known as the Medfly in Tampa, Florida June 9, 1997. PL KD 1999 FREMONT — The spotting of a single mated female Mediterranean fruit fly has sent 71 square miles of southern Alameda County into a quarantine as officials focus on eradicating the invasive pest, the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services Division announced Friday.
“These actions protect against the artificial spread of the infestation to nearby regions where it could affect California’s food supply and backyard gardens,” read the CDFA press release. The sterile males, provided by a sterile insect rearing facility in Los Alamitos operated by the USDA and CDFA, mate with the female fruit flies but do not produce offspring, leaving no new fruit flies to replace the wild ones as they reach the end of their short lives, officials said.
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