QFF Updates- Yarra Valley region: 9th March update
9th March 2021 update
Bronwyn Koll, Queensland Fruit Fly Regional Coordinator (Yarra Valley), has provided a list of updates in and around the YV:
- NEW - Gruyere (Bronwyn has seen the fly)
- NEW - Warrandyte (Adam and Bronwyn have seen the flies)
- NEW - Healesville (rumoured, unconfirmed, awaiting sample)
- NEW - Coldstream (suspect, RapidAIM, confident detection, no fly in trap)
- NEW - Silvan (suspect, not yet confirmed)
- Strathewen (suspect, three properties, treating if it is QFF)
- Silvan (suspect, not yet confirmed)
- Seville (confirmed)
- Coldstream (suspect, not yet confirmed)
- Mt. Evelyn (total of 2 flies so far, no further Mt.Ev detections, but QFF suspect flies in Silvan)
- Kinglake – no further detections
- Badger Creek – no further detections
-PROTEIN BAIT WEEKLY, REPEAT AFTER RAIN, CONTINUE 3 WEEKS POST HARVEST (min)
-INSTALL EXTRA TRAPS (for those who do not have a sufficient surveillance grid)
-REMOVE FRUIT BEFORE IT FALLS
-DESTROY FALLEN FRUIT & WASTE FRUIT- ASAP
-INSTALL EXTRA TRAPS (for those who do not have a sufficient surveillance grid)
-REMOVE FRUIT BEFORE IT FALLS
-DESTROY FALLEN FRUIT & WASTE FRUIT- ASAP
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