The adult Tau fruit fly is approximately 7 mm in length and is yellow with black markings.
Mandatory Credit: Severyn Korneyev/CDFA
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Invasive fruit fly prompts quarantine for 79 square miles of Los Angeles County
A 79-square-mile area of Los Angeles County is under quarantine after an invasive fruit fly was found there – the first such quarantine for the pest in the Western Hemisphere, according to California officials.

