California and local agriculture officials are trying to get the best of a non-native bug In Santa Clara County before it gets the best out of tens of billions of dollars in the state’s crops.

A fruit fly native to Asia has triggered a first-of-its-kind quarantine on produce in the Santa Clarita Valley. Parts of the Inland Empire are dealing with a similar problem.

PIX Now morning edition 5-23-2024 A nearly nine-month Oriental fruit fly quarantine in Santa Clara County has been lifted following the eradication of the invasive pest.

The oriental fruit fly is known to infest more than 230 types of fruits and vegetables, including such valuable California crops as avocados, apples, stone and citrus fruits, tomatoes and peppers.

According to Carey, outbreaks of this fruit fly have occurred in California annually for the past 50 years. He says he's tracked infestations across a total of 254 cities, from San Diego to Redding.

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Fruit-fly quarantines reach large portions of Santa Clara, Contra Costa counties New rules will govern home growers, small produce outlets in an effort to prevent the pests’ spread Miami Herald/TNS ...

Residents in and around Stevenson Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley are urged not to move any fruits and vegetables off their property in the hopes of containing the Tau fruit fly, described by ...

The fruit flies may not pose a direct threat to people, but their spread has taken a serious bite out of California's economy, estimated to be more than $19 billion of lost produce in 2020.