Oriental fruit fly

With Oriental fruit flies in Pinellas County and giant African land snails in Pasco County, the greater Tampa Bay region has a couple quarantined zones. But what does that mean exactly and how is it enforced?

One of the world's most destructive fruit flies has been discovered in Pinellas County. A quarantine area has been set up to keep the flies from spreading.

Florida officials say an invasive and destructive agricultural pest has been eradicated from Miami-area farmlands.

An invasive and destructive pest has been identified in the farmlands near Miami, Florida agriculture officials said Tuesday.

State Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Friday said his department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture "have successfully eradicated" a highly…

Florida is on the way to eradicating the largest outbreak of Oriental fruit flies in the state's history, an agriculture official told a Senate panel…

A type of fruit fly led Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam on Tuesday to declare a state of agricultural emergency in Miami-Dade County.