Serrated ovipositor on a female spotted wing drosophila (photo by Martin Hauser)

A fruit fly that can slice open berries and peaches, deposit eggs and destroy the fruit from the inside-out. Sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but this is all too real. The spotted wing drosophila, which has already wreaked havoc  in the west and the east, has now moved to the Midwest.

Today’s guests are Bruce Barrett, entomologist for University of Missouri Extension, and Brad Fresenburg, an MU Extension plant scientist.

Integrated Pest Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila