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Managing Fruit Fly
Area
Freedom: Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone
Fruit Fly
- world's worst fruit pest
Warning to
Travellers
Advice for FFEZ
residents
Map
of Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone
Further
Information
Advice for FFEZ Residents
Residents can help to keep fruit fly out of the horticultural
areas within the zone by telling visitors or seasonal workers
not to bring fresh fruit with them.
If fruit is brought in, it should be destroyed immediately by
placing it in a thick plastic bag, tying the top and leaving it
in the sun for a few days before disposing of it with normal garbage.
This will destroy any fruit fly eggs or maggots in the fruit that
may not be visible to the naked eye.
Residents can reduce the risk of fruit fly becoming established
in the horticultural areas within the zone by properly maintaining
domestic fruit trees. Fruit should be picked when ripe, preferably
daily. Unwanted fruit on the tree or on the ground should be collected
daily and destroyed.
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