A second Queensland fruit fly has been caught in a trap in a the Auckland suburb of Northcote, on the North Shore.
The fruit fly trapped is a male, the same as was discovered in the suburb on February 20.
Earlier this month a male Queensland fruit fly was discovered in the North Shore suburb of Devonport on February 14.
Biosecurity New Zealand spokesperson, Dr Catherine Duthie says the latest fruit fly discovery doesn't mean there is a breeding population in Auckland.
"This latest detection is further evidence that our surveillance programme is working and it is pleasing we still have no indication of an established breeding population," Dr Duthie says .
"Our trapping and surveillance has been enhanced and this programme will find any further flies in the area."
Four flies have been found in the region in the space of just over a week. (Source: Other)
Biosecurity NZ released a situation update along with the latest fruit fly finding:
• Three single male Queensland fruit flies have been found in separate surveillance traps in the Auckland North Shore suburbs of Devonport (1) and Northcote (2). There is no evidence of a breeding population.
• The Queensland fruit fly has been detected before in the upper North Island in the past decade. Biosecurity New Zealand's staff are well practised in dealing with this situation. Since the fruit fly was found, we've been working to locate any other possible fruit flies.
• Two single male Facialis fruit flies have been found in separate surveillance traps in Ōtara, both within the current control Zone A.
• To manage the fruit flies that have been found, Controlled Area Notices (CAN) has been issued for all three suburbs. This restricts the movement of certain fruit and vegetables out of the Controlled Area to help prevent the spread of any fruit flies if any are present.
• Find out about the Controlled Area and movement controls. You can download the CANs for Devonport, Northcote and Ōtara from the MPI website: https://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/protection-and-response/responding/alerts/fruit-flies/
• If there are no further detections, the operations in each area are expected to end 14 days after the last detection.
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