Bactrocera oleao

Olive fruit fly

Principle Hosts: Wild and cultivated olives

Global Distribution

Mediterranean/ Middle East region  

Damage & Symptoms

Damage results from the oviposition activity of female as well as larvae feeding on fruit. Each female can lay up to 400 eggs on a single fruit. This causes great devastation. The cavities made by the activities of the larvae cause the fruit to dry-out or to become further susceptible to bacteral and fungal pathogens.

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Method of Control

Mass Trapping & Monitoring

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Trap Type

McPhail traps