Industry Update # 4 Queensland Fruit Fly

Situation update – 3 May 2023

Welcome to the DPIRD Industry Update No 4 for the Bayswater Qfly Incident.

In the Bayswater area, DPIRD Qfly staff are continuing to undertake eradication activities, both in public areas and in private backyards. DPIRD is also raising community awareness of the impacts of Qfly on WA’s horticultural sector by engaging with backyard gardeners, nurseries and gardencentres, farmers markets, gardening clubs and promotion at events.

A quick summary of DPIRD activities:

• Approximately 8108 private properties have been visited and 2992 of their host trees have been baited using Naturalure®.

• 1609 bait and kill stations have been deployed.

• Monitoring of Qfly surveillance traps deployed through the Quarantine Area (QA) continues and 563 fruit samples have been collected for further analysis in DPIRD laboratories.

• Last confirmed Qfly detection date: 19 April 2023.

Qfly live for six to eight weeks during winter as lower temperatures and less hours of daylight lengthen the time taken to complete a full life cycle. The eradication response will continue until the equivalent of one Qfly lifecycle and 28 days has passed since the last Qfly detection.