An incursion of non-native tephritid fruit fly species such as the Mediterranean fruit fly and Mexican fruit fly is intensifying and requires emergency funding, U.S. agriculture officials said Friday.

A new threat is putting pressure on the Texas citrus industry, which is already struggling with water scarcity, citrus greening disease, and the long-term effects of 2021's Winter Storm Uri and other ...

The Mexican fruit fly, closely related to the Caribbean fruit fly, has made inroads through California, alongside several other fruit fly species. (USDA photo) California agriculture is once again ...

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Texas Department of Agriculture have quarantined more than 1,000 acres of farmland across Hidalgo and Cameron counties in South Texas, according to ...

Five different species of fruit flies have finally been eradicated from nine different California counties, marking a successful effort involving traps, backyard treatments, prohibitions against fruit ...

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ROMULUS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The live larvae of a rare fruit fly was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection earlier this year, according to the department's ...

CBP agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport intercepted live larvae from a rare and potentially destructive fruit fly earlier this year. A specialist at the USDA Systemic Entomology ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.