Table 1 Difference amongst countries in criteria to declare a fruit fly incursion, the size of the area to be treated and for declaring eradication (c 2015)

Trigger for a fruit fly incursion

Detection of any juvenile life stage found in locally ground fruit or gravid female fly for eradication

OR

Detection of 1 or more* adult male flies for eradication

* depends on the circumstance of the finds

Detection of any juvenile life stage found in locally ground fruit or gravid female fly for eradication

OR

Detection of 5 or more adult male flies in 14 days within 1 km radius

Detection of any juvenile life stage found in locally ground fruit or gravid female fly for eradication

OR

Detection of 6 (urban) or 8 (commercial) adult (non-gravid) flies within 28 days and 4.8 km

Size of ERZ

Depends on the circumstance of the eradication and largely dictated by trading partners

15 km radius

8.2 km radius

Declaring a Successful Eradication

Depends on the circumstance of the eradication and largely dictated by trading partners

The greater period of trapping with zero flies detected (of any life stage) within the ERZ^@:

One generation (egg to egg) plus 4 weeks

OR

12 weeks

(No minimum trapping density is specified)

Three fruit fly generations (egg to egg) with zero flies detected (of any life stage)

(No minimum trapping density is specified)