
You may be surprised to find larvae or maggots in fruit
So you have just picked some fruit and vegetables from your home garden only to be surprised to find it full of fruit fly larvae (maggots). Or may be you suspect that your fruit or vegetables have been attacked by fruit fly hovering around your crop. Either way, you want to know what you can do to control the infestation and whether you can save your crop.
There are actions you can take to help control infestations. However, whether you can save some of your crops is dependent on factors such as the level of infestation and fruit development stage.
The following table provides three situations that you may find yourself in, as well as actions you can take in each one. Identify the scenario that best reflects your situation and implement remedial actions.
If you find that . . . | Then you should . . . |
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After picking or cutting a few fruits to inspect them, you find some are infested with larvae |
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Your current fruiting crop is infested but you have other crops in the garden that are in the early stages of fruit development |
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It looks as though your crop has only just been attacked by fruit fly (this can be difficult to tell) |
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