Female fruit flies can lay more than 400 eggs at a time in fruit, which only need one to two days to hatch before larvae eat their way through, shedding their skin along the way.
Dozens of miles of a Los Angeles County neighborhood are under quarantine after an invasive species was found flying through the area. It's the first ever quarantine caused by the species, the Tau fruit fly, in the Western hemisphere, state officials said.
"The fly is native to Asia and is a serious pest for agriculture and natural resources, with a very wide host range, including numerous fruits and vegetables as well as a select range of native plants in California," the department said in a."It's believed the fly was introduced by travelers bringing uninspected produce into the state — a common pathway for invasive species.
If no presence of the flies is detected on the produce, they can still be consumed or processed where they were picked. If not consumed, officials said they should be double bagged and placed in a garbage bin.
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