Once they're in, fruit flies multiply quickly, laying 500 eggs in their weeklong lifetime, Potter says. They lay those eggs in any moist, fermenting material, such as the tomatoes, onions or ...
Some of Orange County was placed under quarantine due to an invasive fruit fly species, according to the state's Department of Food and Agriculture, which has told residents in affected areas to not ...
Parts of Southern California are under quarantine after oriental fruit flies were detected ... cherries, figs and tomatoes, according to the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS.