Oriental Fruit Fly Area Quarantined
The San Diego County Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced a quarantine covering 30 square miles in an area where an infestation of Oriental fruit flies appears to have taken hold.
County Agriculture Commissioner Kathleen Thuner said the quarantine in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego was the second in the county this month.
An agricultural quarantine was ordered in Oceanside and Carlsbad on Dec. 18 to prevent the spread of a Mediterranean fruit fly infestation.
Since Aug. 20, nine Oriental fruit flies have been trapped in the Mira Mesa area, just north of Miramar Naval Air Station.
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