Archive for category: Fruit fly management

Why monitor fruit flies:

• Counting and recording fruit fly populations helps us understand fruit fly activity in an area.
• We can use this information to fine tune control programs.

Trap placement:

• Put fly traps in your orchard at: 1 per ha (small orchards) 2 per ha (large orchards).
• Place each trap in a healthy fruit tree at head height.

Recording fruit fly numbers:

• Each week count, record and remove any flies that have collected in the trap.
• Replace fruit fly wick every 3 months.

Additional information:

• The traps only catch male fruit flies.
• The number of flies caught does not necessarily indicate the size of the population but can indicate population trends.
• Fruit fly traps do not control fruit fly. You must use protein bait sprays also to achieve this.