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FREE fact sheet on organic control of fruit flies is included with all fruit fly products.

FRUIT FLY - PUBLIC ENEMY NO.1

Fruit fly products, other than the highly undesirable blanket spraying of a systemic chemical, generally are effective for either male or female flies, not both. The exception is Eco Naturalure, which is effective for both. Products that prevent female fruit flies from laying eggs are fundamental for achieving your aim of a luscious, ripe, home grown crop. Female flies are attracted to baits based on ‘food attractants’, as female flies need protein in order to begin egg laying. Bait products are most suitable for diverse gardens with a wide range of susceptible fruits or large orchards. The easiest ‘set and forget’ method is to install exclusion products early in the season.

The products that attract male flies are based on pheromones or ‘sex attractants’. These include Agrisense Fruit Fly Trap, Bugs for Bugs Fruit Fly Trap and Wild May Fruit Fly Attractant. All are useful as monitoring tools, an effective ‘early warning system’ to help you recognize the start of the fruit fly season. Many gardeners will be familiar with the disappointment of only noticing fruit fly when it is too late and the fruit is stung and full of maggots. Traps for monitoring should be in place by late winter, in a position where they will be easily noticed. Many people find that by trapping large numbers of male flies, the local population of breeding fruit flies is reduced and that this helps reduce damage.

See also the Exclusion Products (PestGuard Bags, Exclusion Bags, Fruit Sleeve) and fabric (Pestguard Cover, Plant Guard) as they are excellent for protecting crops from fruit fly!

ECO-NATURALURE FRUIT FLY BAIT                   

   BFA organically certified 

This exciting new development in Qld and Mediterranean fruit fly control has had rave reviews by the few lucky commercial growers who had access to it last year. Similar products have been in use by certified organic farmers overseas, for years. It is not a cover spray so you don't spray the whole tree with it. Instead think about it is a bait or feeding station for fruit fly. Eco-Naturalure contains a protein and sugar based bait, highly attractive to both male and female fruit flies, containing the biologically produced insecticide spinosad. It is designed not to evaporate quickly and is attractive to the fruit fly for up to a week. So instead of spraying the whole tree or using bottle style traps you spray a small amount in a small area as a 'bait station'.  You mix the bait with water (7ml Eco-Naturalure to 43 ml of water) and then spray either a small area on the trunk of the trees, or a small area of the garden fence (if the fence fence is timber and porous it can soak up the spray too quickly); or onto 2 boards (such as recycled coreflute, formica, painted timber) 1m² each placed at each end of a small garden. A bit of shade keeps the bait from drying out too quickly. Up to 71 applications are possible from 1L of product. Each application remains effective for 7 days; re-apply after rain. Regular applications throughout the fruit ripening season are essential for control. This product is suitable for diverse gardens with a wide range of susceptible fruits or large orchards or market gardeners.

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PF125 150 ml Eco-Naturalure $23.00

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BUGS FOR BUGS FRUIT FLY TRAP

New and Improved Trap Design

Fruit Fly Traps are used to monitor Queensland fruit fly; the plastic container includes a wick impregnated with a sex attractant combined with an insecticide (malathion) that kills on contact. Male flies are attracted from up to 500 m away for up to 6 months.

PF102 $19.50

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PF103 3 traps for $55.00

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Replacement Wicks for Bugs for Bugs Fruit Fly Traps

PF104  1 - 4 $9.00 each 

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PF105 5+ $7.50 each

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"The exclusion bags together with the Wild May fruit fly attractant were just fantastic last year. We picked unblemished apples of several varieties and quinces.  About 90% of the bags are reusable...." Pam  from Galston NSW.

WILD MAY FRUIT FLY ATTRACTANT   BFA organically certified           

A pesticide-free lure for attracting and killing the male Queensland fruit fly. This product, derived from native essential oils, has been used with great success in South East Queensland to reduce the impact of fruit fly. Twenty ml of this liquid is used undiluted as a ‘wet trap’ to attract the male flies and they either drown or dehydrate. Traps must be recharged as soon as the liquid evaporates. 4 traps to a hectare is advisable.

PF110 1 litre $19.50

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PF111 5 litre $74.50

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PF112 Wild May Trap $10.00

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PF113 Wild May Traps 3 for $27.00

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"Our area seems to be infested with fruit flies from late September and up to last year it had been impossible to grow unaffected large-fruiting tomatoes, even when I sowed them in July! We put the Exclusion Bags over every raceme of fruit, tying them off with the covered wires around the stem. Being enclosed like that also seemed to cause them to ripen more quickly. How pleased we were to eat unmarred Peach, Pineapple, Red Colossus and Pink Queen tomatoes for the first time from our own bushes. The bags proved waterproof and reusable several times over."

Jude Fanton, Director, The Seed Savers' Foundation

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