Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: COVINA 2 New Medflies Found Outside Quarantine Area Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 11:27:52 EST Message-ID: Lines: 26 HEADLINE: COVINA 2 New Medflies Found Outside Quarantine Area Publication Date: Wednesday November 25, 1992 BYLINE: Officials on Tuesday announced the discovery of two Mediterranean fruit flies in Covina, about two miles east of a quarantine area established in October after other Medfly finds. The mature male flies were found Saturday in an orange tree near Grandview and Badillo streets, said Larry Hawkins, a spokesman for the Cooperative Medfly Project, a joint federal, state and county program. Officials have for several weeks been releasing 250 million sterile Medflies per week in the 312-square-mile area under quarantine. Hawkins said officials expect to determine in the next three weeks whether the Medflies found Saturday represent a new infestation. Inspectors have made two other Medfly discoveries in the last two weeks outside the quarantine area, in Artesia and Pico Rivera. Both finds involved a single Medfly. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM