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citrusboy
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Joined: 14 May 2006
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Location: Southern California Coastal

Posted: Mon 21 Jan, 2008 4:30 pm

From the Sunkist website:

MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY (MEDFLY)


Los Angeles County
Between 12/26/07 and 12/28/07, four Medflies were trapped within the Rolling Hills Medly eradication area. The SIT eradication area was increased to 54 square miles to include these recent finds. Since 10/24/07, 20 Medflies have been trapped in the Rolling Hills/Rancho Palso Verdes area. There is one larval property. CDFA removed all fruit from within 100 meters around this larval site. CDFA has increased, as needed, the trap density to protocol levels for Medflies trapped inside the Preventative Release area. Spinosad treatment and larval survey of properties within 200 meters of find sites is continuing. Sterile Medfly (SIT) releases at a rate of 500K per square mile are being made in a 54 square mile area around the finds.

Thankfully I suspect that I am not within the 200 meters because nobody has come knocking on my door from the USDA...

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