Fruit fly is a major pest in Queensland Australia this video shows footage of a fruit fly stinging a cucumber and the damage the live maggot does to a black Russian tomato.
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That "stinger" is called an ovipositor
I've converted to cherry tomatoes for exactly that reason. Damn fruit flies. I didn't realise they'd do the cucumbers too. If I grow the bigger capsicums, they'll have a go at them.
Feel your pain mate..
We saw them sting the WE Cuc's last season but saw no maggots.. Not sure if they "blew" them successfully due to the thicker skin..
Cheers Mark & hope they're not too much of a pain for you this season..
I'm so glad we don't have those nasty critters here! I hope they don't cause too much trouble for you.
Man, that's one nasty looking critter, Mark! I guess we all have some form of useless insect, or critter to have to deal with, unfortunately!
Hey mark. Im in SEQ as well. I brought a native bee hive from a guy at eatons hill. When i was tbere we talked about the fruit fly. He was saying that Wild May was the stuff he used and has not had any flys for 12 +yrs. Its a bit hard to find but produce stores sometimes have. What suburb are you at. I got mine from the produce store at Rothwell. Have a search round for it. If you cant get any. I might be able grab some and meet up with you some where.
Garden on bro
Hey Mark think it might be time to get your nets out. I have some on order. In Melbourne we don't get that fruit fly. We get cabbage moths, aphids, snails and slugs. I control them with DE.
Great informative video Mark. Many thanks.
Sure glad we don't have those, what nasty critters!!!
I meant to tell you on your other video that I have the same type of fruit fly here. It seemed to concentrate mostly on my Mangos. Between the rats eating them, the horrible aphids and the fruit fly, I couldn't get but one out of the sixty fruits that tree bore. I ended up cutting the tree down. I tried wrapping them with crop cover material but it didn't stay up properly. I big net like the type you used would have done the trick.
It's an ovipositor! Your thorax is your chest.
How does this fly compare with the housefly in terms of size?
'proboscis'
Makes me want to avoid eating fruit. So gross.
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