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 destructive fruit flies in the ...

The quarantine covers a 76-square-mile area in Ventura and LA counties. So far, two invasive Queensland fruit flies were found in the Conejo Valley. Officials need the public's help to stop the flies ...

State officials have widened a local quarantine area after a third Queensland fruit fly was discovered near Thousand Oaks. The quarantine — put in place to control its spread until the invasive insect ...

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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