Agriculture officials identified the larvae as a caper fruit fly, according to the release. This species of fruit fly is “rare and potentially destructive” to American agriculture, customs ...

The 55th annual Winston Dillard Melon Festival comes to an end on Sunday, September 22 after an array of melon-related activities. The festival kicked off Friday at Riverbend Park which invited ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Entomology Laboratory confirmed that larvae were caper fruit flies, which belong to the Mediterranean fruit fly, Oriental fruit fly, melon fly, and Mexican fruit ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Detroit Metro Airport found live larvae of a rare fruit fly in a traveler's things earlier this year, officials said Thursday.

Melon fly, pickleworm could be infesting cucumbers By Richard Ebesu, Special to the Star-Advertiser Sept. 3, 2017 Local gardeners have noticed their cucumbers are being attacked by pests.

These fruits are forbidden no more. Americans no longer need to fly to Japan to taste one of their $90 strawberries. For the first time ever, US customers can get the Asian nation’s famously ...

The live larvae of a rare fruit fly was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection earlier this year, according to the department's Office of Public Affairs.

The melon fruit fly, Bactro- cera cucurbitae: a review of its biology and management. Journal of Insect Science 5:40. Dhillon MK, Singh R, Naresh JS, Sharma NK. 2005b. Influence of physico-chem- ical ...

You’re looking at a picture of larvae from a “rare and potentially destructive” fruit fly that were intercepted at the Detroit Metro Airport. Gross!

Flowers containing a “rare and potentially destructive” fruit fly larvae were seized at the Detroit Metro Airport, customs officials said.

Live larvae that were intercepted earlier this year at the Detroit Metro Airport were confirmed to be a rare and "potentially destructive" fruit fly Thursday.