Fruit Flies

Culprit damage horticultural products , fruit flies Bactroceradorsalis complex . That includes star fruit flies Bactrocera carambolae , melon fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae , Bactrocera papaya fruit fly papayae , and jackfruit fruit fly Bactrocera umbrosa .

Fruit flies have the greatest destructive force when shaped larvae . inside fruit , caterpillars make fruit aisle and suck fluids . after size The maximum - to 0.7 cm or pinkie - nail along the larvae exit of fruit and pupate in the soil . The pupae were able last up to 3 months in dry soil . However , " In damp conditions shorter , only 10 days , "said Hall of Wisdom SUMANTRI of Protection Food Crops and Horticulture West Java . That explains the increase fruit flies after rainfall , even just overnight.



To prevent the entry of fruit fly larvae from the outside , the government tightening quarantine entrance . If the original vegetable and fruit imports can enter through 110 airports and ports , now only 7 doors . namely Tanjung Priok port , Jakarta ; Tanjungperak , Surabaya ; Batuampar , Batam ; Belawan , Medan , as well as the Soekarno- Hatta Airport , Tangerang ; Ngurah Rai , and Sultan Hasanuddin , Makassar . swarms of flies Traditionally , the fruit fly eradicated by fumigation . Unfortunately, the The only effective way fruit flies while smoke was still rising . so smoke discharged , fruit flies right back . If high winds , the smoke dispersed so it does not reach the flies are hiding in between leaves . Another way , pemberongsongan wrapping or fruit . However , it is difficult to apply on a broad scale gardens . Required extra cost for labor .

The more modern , alluring or using the fruit fly trap trap . Attractant traps equipped substance or paper yellow . Fruit flies are attracted to the color yellow , or smells like a ripe fruit attractants such as pheromones of substance . Since 1990, the use of chemical compounds methyl eugenol attractive male fruit flies .

How to control with pesticides avoided because it damages the environment .
Pesticide residues left on the fruit harmful to health . way expensive but effective in suppressing the population is sterile insect technique ( TSM ) . It is done by releasing sterilized fruit flies with radiation . Sterile flies were released 9 times the population in the area targets . After 3-4 times the release , the population dropped to below 10 % . The most effective , " Combating flies integrated fruit is done , " said Wisdom . How to above must be combined with sanitary land : cleaning and collecting the fruit to fall . Fruit loss often save larval easily move into the soil and become pupae . Fruit loss was still diteluri can fly . Fruit should fall not buried in the ground . larvae can turn into pupae . In addition to integrated , response must be done as early as possible .