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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: How do you keep your fruits free of worms?
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There are 2 genera of fruit flies with dozens of species with varying strategies, preferred fruits and levels of pestilence. Your mode of attack might need to be focussed. Attractant that gets only males might not help and they get fruit in mesh bags that touch the mesh. Guavas being a bag of live rice is not too appealing.
It takes effort but paper bags work. Big mesh bags that have plenty of fruit not touching the mesh can work also. If you are opting for chemical warfare a neonicotenoid can work like imidacloprid but there is a price to pay. Low vertebrate toxicity maybe but bees and any insects getting on flowers of even collateral trees can be killed.
It takes effort but paper bags work. Big mesh bags that have plenty of fruit not touching the mesh can work also. If you are opting for chemical warfare a neonicotenoid can work like imidacloprid but there is a price to pay. Low vertebrate toxicity maybe but bees and any insects getting on flowers of even collateral trees can be killed.