Fruit Fly control in Virginia

Fruit Flies in Virginia: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which fruit flies actually live in Virginia, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

Virginia Cooperative Extension stresses that traps detect rather than control spotted-wing drosophila, and that an apple cider vinegar and red wine bait outperforms vinegar alone. Adult males carry a black spot on the leading edge of the wing; females carry the large ovipositor that lets them cut into sound fruit.

Sources: Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech; University of Maryland Extension; Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources