Don’t let Medfly ruin fruit.

Reduce Medfly numbers in and around your property by following these very simple steps:

1. Hygiene

Dispose of infested fruit so that fruit fly eggs and larvae do not survive. Do this by drowning, bagging, freezing or burying fruit because:
• infested fruit may hold hundreds of larvae and/or eggs
• pesticides applied to fruit do not kill larvae and eggs.

2. Baiting

Fruit flies need sugar for energy and protein to reproduce. Protein baits mixed with a pesticide attract and poison feeding male and female fruit flies.

3. Trapping

Fruit fly traps use attractants (lures) to reduce the number of fruit flies in fruit growing areas. Remember it is important to:
• use a good lure (make it yourself or buy a readymade one)
• place trap in a good location
• maintain the trap regularly.

Information and tips

• Infosheet – Easy control and trap
• Infosheet – Do’s and Dont’s with infested fruit
• Check this video. So simple!