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Mediterranean fruit fly: see fruit fly fruit fly, common name for any of the flies of the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae. All fruit flies are very small insects that lay their eggs in various plant tissues. ..... Click the link for more information. . Mediterranean fruit flyor Med flyFruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) proven to be particularly destructive to citrus crops, at great economic cost. The Med fly lays up to 500 eggs in citrus fruits (except lemons and sour limes), and the larvae tunnel into the fruit, making it unfit for human consumption. Because of this pest, quarantine laws regulating fruit importation have been enacted worldwide. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In 1994, a $71 million federal eradication plan began after the discovery of the crop-destroying Mediterranean fruit fly. Entomologists also used the technique to clear California citrus groves of the invasive Mediterranean fruit fly and to eradicate a livestock parasite, the New World screw-worm fly, from North and Central America. SIT has been successful in controlling the Mediterranean fruit fly, the melon fly and in the eradication of the New World Screwworm. |
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