House of Assembly
Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
54
2
Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Answers to Questions
Fruit Fly
Fruit Fly
Ms BEDFORD
House of Assembly
Florey
Fruit Fly
780 Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (9 September 2021). How often are fruit fly traps and fruit checked in homes/residential yards per outbreak area and how many flies and/or larvae have been found in traps per outbreak area?
The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM
House of Assembly
Finniss
Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development
Fruit Fly
The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development): I am advised:
Depending on their location and the time of year, traps are checked on a fortnightly schedule, with traps in fruit production areas being serviced weekly in the warmer summer months.
Temporary supplementary traps deployed (when an outbreak is declared) into the centre of an outbreak, are checked every week.
The fruit flies and/or larvae found in traps per outbreak area are:
| Metropolitan Area |
| Suburb |
Flies detected |
Larvae |
| Angle Park |
3 |
0 |
| Black Forest |
6 |
0 |
| Blair Athol |
40 |
0 |
| Campbelltown |
122 |
0 |
| Croydon Park |
214 |
0 |
| Klemzig |
4 |
0 |
| Pooraka |
49 |
0 |
| Ridleyton |
7 |
0 |
| Rosewater |
23 |
0 |
| Semaphore Park |
147 |
0 |
| Marleston |
21 |
0 |
| Warradale |
0 |
0 |
| Riverland |
| Town |
Flies detected |
Larvae |
| Berri |
4 |
0 |
| Cooltong |
1 |
0 |
| Monash |
3 |
0 |
| Pike River |
0 |
0 |
| Renmark West |
46 |
0 |
| Port Augusta |
Flies detected |
Larvae |
|
30 |
0 |