Provided by Dr. Marion Fuller
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Report Dated 07/20/98
There are 2.488 traps deployed in a 137 square mile survey area (this is the area of higher density traps used to delineate the infestation, and monitor treatment): 2027 Jackson, 445 yellow panels, and 176 McPhail traps.
The next treatment will likely take place in 7-10 days, with Saturday morning the preferred day, weather permitting. For those of you that are new - we prefer to do daytime treatments on weekends, when fewer people are out and about in the earliest part of the day. By targetting Saturday morning, we still have a second opportunity if weather or other conditions preclude the Saturday application. Again, the objective is minimize unnecessary exposures to the extent practicable.
Environmental Monitoring:
Analyses pending
Health Monitoring:
The Highlands Co Health Department Hotline received 28 calls on Saturday - none of these were reporting health effects.
The FDACS Helpline recieved 67 calls during the treatment period, most of these were informational in nature.
FDACS - Division of Plant Industy:
Mediterranean fruit fly information
USDA APHIS: Mediterranean fruit fly information
UF/IFAS Fact Sheet ENY-809:
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly
UF/IFAS Fact Sheet ENY-626:
Mediterranean Fruit Fly: What Floridians Need To Know