What do fruit flies Drosophila Suzukii do?

The Suzukii fruit fly is a Japanese fruit fly that attacks unripe and undamaged fruit on the tree/bush, in contrast to the well-known 'classic fruit fly' (Drosophila melanogaster) that attacks overripe fruit or rotting vegetable remains. The classic fruit fly, also called banana fly, ensures the digestion of organic material. Drosophila Suzukii damages green, unripe fruit and is therefore a feared culprit in fruit cultivation.

The Suzukii fruit fly can lay eggs in any fruit with a thin skin: strawberries, grapes, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. Stone fruits such as cherries, plums, peaches, apricots, persimmons and kiwis can also be affected. So both small fruits and large fruit trees are affected.

The fruit fly bores holes in the fruit to lay eggs. This injury leads to botrytis mold and rotting of the fruit.

The Suzukii fruit fly has many generations per year and is best caught until autumn. They hibernate as adult insects.

Their population can double in a few weeks. Drosophila Suzukii can destroy more than half of the harvest.

Use a fruit fly trap?

• Hang the trap preventively if you had a lot of fruit flies last year. The best result is obtained if you hang the traps at 10 °C at the moment that there are green fruits on the trees/bushes.
• Fill the trap with Dros'attract .
• Place the trap at a minimum height of 1 m on low fruit bushes. In fruit trees, hang the trap in the lower part of the crown.
• Always hang the trap in the shade!
• Use a minimum of 1 trap per 2 m2 in high population pressure. Hang the traps at the edge of the plot to be protected or affected.
• Replace the bait regularly when it has been soiled or evaporated by the fruit flies. Do not pour the old bait into the grass or on the compost heap. This will attract more fruit flies without catching them.
• Continue catching even after harvest until October-November.

Packaging and dimensions

5 traps of approx. 4 cm high and 8 cm in diameter.