Pest Factsheet: Exotic Fruit Flies
Published: Tue, 26 Mar 2013, 14:02Last updated: Mon, 11 May 2015, 16:42
There are more than 150 species of fruit fly already in Australia, but most of these don't attack commercial crops. It's the exotic fruit flies present in many of our neighbouring countries that pose high risks to our agricultural industries, and that could devastate many of the crops we rely on for our food and economic well-being.
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