2022 Queensland Fruit Fly Fighter Program

Sign up form

Thank you for expressing your interest in participating in the Queensland fruit fly fighter program. Please take a few minutes to complete this short questionnaire, it will help us design the program for your needs and collect all the important information to register your for the program.

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* 1. Please provide your contact information

Name

Address

City/Town

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. How did you find out about the program

Facebook

Fruit Fly Murray Valley website

Newspaper Advertisement

Fruit Fly Murray Valley staff

Friend or Family member

Other (please specify)

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* 3. I can confirm that I meet the eligibility criteria below:

I live in town, or on a residential block in rural areas, within the Victorian Fruit Fly Murray Valley (e.g. Mildura, Cardross, Merbein, Red Cliffs, Irymple, Robinvale, Nyah and Nyah West, Swan Hill, Lake Boga, Kerang). This program is not designed for commercial horticulture properties.

I have two or more Qfly host trees in my garden (e.g Stone fruit, pome fruit, tropical fruits or others such as avocado's olives, pomegranates or figs).

I am interested in learning how to manage my trees for Queensland fruit fly.

I understand that if I rent the property I need approval from the owner prior to removing any fruit trees.

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* 4. What type of fruit trees do you have in your garden? Select all that apply

Apple

Apricot

Avocado

Blackberries, boysenberry, raspberry

Blueberry

Cumquat

Cherries

Cumquat

Dates

Dragon fruit

Feijoa or Guava

Fig

Grapefruit

Grapes

Kiwi fruit

Lemon

Lime

Loquat

Mandarin

Mango

Mulberry

Nectarines

Olives

Oranges

Peach

Pear

Persimmon

Plum

Pomegranate

Prickly Pear

Quince

Strawberry

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do you grow any Qfly host fruiting vegetables in your garden? Please select all that apply

Chilli

Eggplant

Tomatoes

Capsicum

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 6. Was any of your fruit or fruiting vegetables infested with Queensland fruit fly last year (spring and summer of 2021/22)?

Yes - Please provide some information about the type of fruit or fruiting vegetables that were infested with Qfly last year in the comments.

No - I picked nice clean fruit

No - I stripped my trees of all the fruit

Comment

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* 7. What Queensland fruit fly management controls have you tried in the past?

I have used the free traps or lures that have been provided by the Fruit Fly Murray Valley (previously Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area)

I have purchased traps or lures to use in the garden

I have used an insect net

I have tried chemical bait spray

I have tried organic sprays

I make my own traps at home

I have removed some of my fruit trees

I have pruned my trees hard to stop them fruiting

I have stripped my trees of fruit early and disposed of it to stop it becoming infested

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 8. How would you rate your current knowledge on the management of fruit trees for fruit fly?

No knowledge on fruit fly or how to protect my trees

A little knowledge on fruit fly and how to protect my trees

Medium knowledge on fruit fly and how to protect my trees

Confident in my knowledge on fruit fly and how to protect my trees

Very confident in my knowledge on fruit fly and how to protect my trees

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* 9. What would you like to learn more about through this program?

Fruit fly life cycle

How to use insect nets to manage for Queensland fruit fly

How to use traps and lures to reduce Queensland fruit fly numbers in my garden

How to use bait sprays

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Thank you for providing this information both on you and your garden. It will really help in designing our program to meet your needs. If there is any other information you would like to provide or questions you have been comment in the box below.