Queensland Fruit Fly alert – April

As in March, your winter fruit is at risk. At risk right now are persimmons, guavas, feijoas, pomegranates (despite their tough skin) and citrus, but any fruit including berries is susceptible.

This is the time to put out Wild May again because the females are dying off – which is helpful – but the males are beginning to congregate, particularly in the tops of lemon trees, in a bid to survive the winter and infest fruit in the spring. Wild May attracts only males. 

Remember if you enter spring with no QFF –  ie males that have overwintered and those male and females that may have pupated in the ground from fallen fruit this past summer – you are a huge step ahead in preventing infestation next spring.