Pest on crop
Caribbean Fruit Fly on guava
Anastrepha suspensa
Tropical fruit fly endemic to Florida and the Caribbean. Less aggressive on commercial citrus than Mediterranean fruit fly, but devastating on guava, carambola, and other thin-skinned tropicals.
- Pest
- Caribbean Fruit Fly
- Scientific name
- Anastrepha suspensa
- Crop
- Guava
- Total hosts
- 5
Caribbean Fruit Fly on guava
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Signs on guava
- ▸ small puncture wounds on fruit
- ▸ internal larvae tunneling
- ▸ premature drop
IPM controls
- ✓ Bag developing fruit before color break
- ✓ Sanitation: pick up and destroy fallen fruit promptly
- ✓ Sticky traps with ammonium-based attractants
- ✓ Spinosad bait sprays where labeled
Other crops affected by caribbean fruit fly
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