Amos Morori harvests water melons on his farm along River Kerio in Elgeyo Marakwet County. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard] Recently, I was on a tour of a watermelon farm and the farmer informed me that they ...

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As soon as fruit ripens, they appear: fruit flies. These tiny insects, also known as vinegar flies or drosophila, multiply rapidly and are difficult to get rid of. However, with a few simple tricks, ...

Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture has placed the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove under quarantine to try to stop the spread of the oriental fruit fly. The state has also started ...

Recently, I was on a tour of a watermelon farm and the farmer informed me that they were struggling to control water melon flies. Here are simple ways to control this vicious pest. The fly attacks the ...