The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep., 1985), pp. 467-477 (11 pages) The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), was discovered in Guatemala ...

The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) ("medfly"), attacks over 250 species of fruits and vegetables. Females puncture fruit when they lay eggs and hatched larvae destroy the fruit. With ...

It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it’s a specialized government aircraft ejecting millions of Mediterranean fruit flies over the Bay Area. According to an April 29 release from the ...

For decades the Medfly has posed a threat to farmers, and politicians, but one expert thinks it may be here to stay.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, or CDFA, is ramping up its efforts to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit ...

90, No. 4, Dec., 2007 Effect of Adult Diet on Longevity of Ste... Fly longevity is critical to sterile release programs for Mediterranean fruit flies (medflies) because the longer sterile flies are ...

Earlier this month, the California Department of Food and Agriculture quarantined 69 square miles of metro L.A. after invasive and destructive Mediterranean fruit flies were found at a home in ...