Fruit Flies

Exotic Fruit Fly Puts South Florida Fruit Economy At Risk

Lily Oppenheimer

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed it found three invasive Oriental Fruit flies in farmlands south of Miami-Dade...

Flies, Flooding Plague South Florida Agriculture

Regan McCarthy

After a heavy rainfall last week, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam says some fields in South Florida were left under more than a foot of...

Bactrocera dorsalis, an Oriental fruit fly

State Makes Gains Against Fruit Flies in S. Florida

Margie Menzel of the News Service of Florida

Florida is on the way to eradicating the largest outbreak of Oriental fruit flies in the state's history, an agriculture official told a Senate panel...

Adrian G. Hunsberger, an urban horticulture agent of the University of Florida, shows a carambola, also known as starfruit. It's one of the many fruits that have been quarantined in South Florida amid concerns over an outbreak of the Oriental fruit fly.

This Pest Has Shut Down South Florida's $700 Million Fruit Industry

Greg Allen

Officials have quarantined 85 square miles of farmland in a fight to halt the spread of the destructive Oriental fruit fly. The freeze comes just as growers were starting to harvest tropical fruits.

Fruit Flies Detected in Miami, Officials Declare Emergency

Associated Press

Florida agriculture officials have declared a state of emergency in Miami-Dade County, where an Oriental fruit fly infestation has the potential to...