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 ...
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.
Here’s how it works. If you spot fruit flies in your kitchen, chances are, there will be more the next day. That’s because fruit flies can actually lay up to 500 eggs, which hatch in as little ...