30+ Papaya Fruit Fly Management Pics. Although originally considered to be monophagous, infesting only wild and cultivated papaya, the insect has also been reported on mango and milkweed in florida, and other plant species in mexico. The seasonality of bactrocera papayae (drew and hancock), a notorious pests of fruits, was studied for one year (august 2011 to august 2012) in guava orchards and their surrounding environments in peninsular thailand.
Papaya fruit fly larvae and adults have been found in florida in every month of the year. Tephritidae) populations in papaya orchards by field sanitation. Papaya peels can be rubbed on the face for reducing the effects of sunburn.
The female lays eggs in the mesocarp, after hatching the maggots feed themselves on fruit.
A field guide to the management of economically important tephritid fruit flies in africa. Papayas are fruits that remind us of the tropics, the regions of the world in which they are grown. Fruit fly on papaya hot water dip: The fruit fly was collected using steiner traps baited with methyl eugenol as an.