Fruit Fly.

Fruit Fly.

As I walk pass the bus stop I see a sign that says beware you are now entering a fruit fly area. So do you ever wonder why we have fruit flies and why it causes such a big problem well I’ll tell you why.

Fruit flies can lay up to 500 eggs at a time near the surface.The number of fruit flies found in Auckland is expected to rise as biosecurity and the experts battle the worst outbreak in almost 20 years. Two more Queensland fruit flies is discovered at Grey lynn property. The ministry of primary industry will start spraying and setting up bait traps as it moves to contain the outbreak. The spray that they are using is an insecticide called bifenthrin. Fruit flies is the worlds most serious agricultural pests. Fruit flies has affected New zealand’s fruit and vegetables and has damaged our gardens. people can get disease and get sick by fruit flies. Fruit flies can make the food ugly and go all moldy and make it look disgusting.

By: Anastazia burrell.