A Queensland fruit fly was first detected in September in a residential neighborhood in Thousand Oaks. When a second fly was discovered in the area, the quarantine was put in place.

Queensland fruit flies were spotted in California as early as the 1980s. But this was the first Queensland quarantine in the western hemisphere, state officials said.

After initial detections of the Queensland fruit fly, agencies continued intensive, targeted trapping. But those efforts did not detect any more of the pest, said Korinne Bell, the county's ...

California is under attack. Agriculture officials sounded that alarm on Friday after two Queensland fruit flies were found in Ventura County, marking at least the third discovery of invasive and ...

Last week, officials found two Queensland fruit flies in Ventura County, Calif., northwest of Los Angeles. In July, more than 20 invasive Tau fruit flies were detected near the city of Santa ...

• Queensland fruit fly in Thousand Oaks and other parts of Ventura County, starting in 2023 • Tau fruit fly in the Stevenson Ranch area near Santa Clarita, starting in July 2023.

Quarantines targeting the Mediterranean and Queensland fruit flies may still affect some Angelenos. Residents in parts of Riverside and San Bernardino County also face an Oriental fruit fly ...

Invasive fruit fly species eradicated across California By Makenna Sievertson. Published Aug 28, 2024 5: ... Queensland, Mexican, and Mediterranean fruit flies. Kurt Floren, ...