Host List for Queensland Fruit Fly and Mediterranean Fruit Fly
Fruit flies love to hitch hike and their preferred mode of travel is via fruit loaded in a car or caravan. Fruit flies are always hard to detect with most people only discovering an infestation when they cut open their fruit and find it infested with creamy white maggots about 7-10mm long. The fruit is then often discarded inappropriately and the larvae hatch and colonise in a new region resulting in the creation of a new outbreak area and the potential devastation of horticultural industries. It is for this reason that people are advised to not travel with fruit at all during outbreak periods.
Fruit fly also travel in vegetables. There is a comprehensive list of host fruit and vegetables below for your reference, please do not travel with any of these items.
Random roadblock operations are conducted in the state of Victoria and fines of up to $600 apply if found entering a pest free area (i.e. Sunraysia).
|
Produce |
QFF |
MFF |
Produce |
QFF |
MFF |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abiu |
YES |
YES |
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Longan |
YES |
YES |
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Acerola |
YES |
YES |
 |
Loquat |
YES |
YES |
 |
Apple |
YES |
YES |
 |
Lychee |
YES |
YES |
|
|
Achachairu |
YES |
YES |
 |
Mandarin |
YES |
YES |
 |
Apricot |
YES |
YES |
 |
Mango |
YES |
YES |
 |
Avocado |
YES |
YES |
 |
Mangosteen |
YES |
YES |
 |
Babaco |
YES |
YES |
 |
Medlar |
YES |
YES |
 |
Banana |
YES |
YES |
 |
Miracle fruit |
YES |
YES |
 |
Black sapote |
YES |
YES |
Monstera |
NO |
YES |
|
 |
Blackberry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Mulberry |
YES |
YES |
| Boysenberry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Nashi |
YES |
YES |
|
 |
Blueberry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Nectarine |
YES |
YES |
 |
Brazil cherry |
YES |
YES |
Olive |
NO |
YES |
|
 |
Breadfruit |
YES |
YES |
 |
Orange |
YES |
YES |
 |
Caimito (Star apple) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Passionfruit |
YES |
YES |
 |
Cape gooseberry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Pawpaw(Papaya) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Capsicum |
YES |
YES |
 |
Peach |
YES |
YES |
 |
Carambola (Star fruit) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Peacharine |
YES |
YES |
 |
Cashew apple |
YES |
YES |
 |
YES |
YES |
|
 |
Casimiroa(White sapote) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Pepino |
YES |
YES |
 |
Cherimoya |
YES |
YES |
 |
Persimmon |
YES |
YES |
 |
Cherry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Plum |
YES |
YES |
 |
Chilli |
YES |
YES |
 |
Plumcot |
YES |
YES |
| Choko |
NO |
YES |
 |
Pomegranate |
YES |
YES |
|
 |
Citron |
YES |
YES |
Prickly Pear |
YES |
YES |
|
| Cocoa berry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Pummelo |
YES |
YES |
|
| Coffee berry |
NO |
YES |
 |
Quince |
YES |
YES |
|
 |
Cumquat |
YES |
YES |
Rambutan |
YES |
YES |
|
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Custard apple |
YES |
YES |
 |
Raspberry |
YES |
YES |
 |
Date (dried) |
NO |
YES |
 |
Rollinia |
YES |
YES |
| Date (fresh) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Rose apple (Wax jambu) |
YES |
YES |
|
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Dragonfruit |
NO |
YES |
 |
Santol |
YES |
YES |
 |
Durian |
YES |
YES |
 |
Sapodilla |
YES |
YES |
 |
Eggplant |
YES |
YES |
 |
Shaddock |
YES |
YES |
 |
Feijoa |
YES |
YES |
 |
Soursop |
YES |
YES |
 |
Fig |
YES |
YES |
 |
Star apple (Caimito) |
YES |
YES |
| Goji berry |
YES |
YES |
|
Star fruit (Carambola) |
YES |
YES |
|
 |
Granadilla |
YES |
YES |
 |
Strawberry |
YES |
NO |
 |
Grape |
YES |
YES |
|
Sugar apple (Sweetsop) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Grapefruit |
YES |
YES |
|
Sweetsop (Sugar apple) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Grumichama |
YES |
YES |
|
Tamarillo |
YES |
YES |
 |
Guava |
YES |
YES |
 |
Tangelo |
YES |
YES |
 |
Hog plum (Vai apple) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Tomato |
YES |
YES |
 |
Jaboticaba |
YES |
YES |
|
Vai apple (Hog plum) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Jackfruit |
YES |
YES |
|
Wax jambu (Rose apple) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Jew plum |
YES |
YES |
 |
White sapote (Casimiroa) |
YES |
YES |
 |
Ju jube |
YES |
YES |
MFF = Mediterranean fruit fly |
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Kiwifruit |
YES |
YES |
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Lemon |
YES |
YES |
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Lime |
YES |
YES |
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Loganberry |
YES |
YES |
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