Discovery of single Med fly in Alameda County leads to quarantine zone

John Ramos reports on the discover of a Mediterranean fruit fly in the East Bay providing a reminder of the Medfly panic of 1981.
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[@Bringthewinter]

I like how they say “best to try not to panic” and then end the segment with a catchy one-liner that solves absolutely nothing.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Don’t panic. And bring your towel.

[@jpa435]

California is full of interlopers. Californias GDP is almost entirely based in Agriculture. Something these interlopers don’t understand. The Mediterranean fruit fly could have a detrimental effect on the agriculture industry and environment of California and if it is not eradicated from the state it will eventually lead to an economic disaster in California. What was done in the 80s was not an overreaction.

[@HarunoHime07]

Very true

[@penitenttangent7346]

F Cali 😂

[@luisvilla799]

Things that don’t belong

[@jessicapearson9479]

This fly is actually native to California. People like you forget that animals (such as flies think these) can have native habitats all over the world. Not just in one specific place! If animals were only native to one specific place then we wouldn't have half the native food plants and animals here today 😉. Also, these flies do not do as much damage as you or they are fear mongering about. They are harmless to humans and animals.

[@jpa435]

Yes of course things like apples, oranges, potatoes, and a whole host of other things are not native to California but they are beneficial to us, so we propagate them and they do very very well in our Mediterranean like climate. Unfortunately so does the INVASIVE species of the Mediterranean fruit fly. See the correlation. Look I take Agriculture in my home state of California very seriously and when you are wrong you are wrong. Spreading misinformation like that is helping nobody. “Ceratitis capitata commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow-and-brown fly native to sub-Saharan Africa. It has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in California, Florida, and Texas that require extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the United States.” Source: USDA website also verbatim in Wikipedia.

[@janetbrown8828]

In 1983, they went door to door & took all veggies and fruit from home garden in Redwood City. Blew my mind!

[@Owjdnskoakansbskk]

Why did it blow your mind? Didn’t believe how serious they said it was?

[@Ginger-dn2lx]

@@Owjdnskoakansbskk don’t ever believe the government. They lie all the time. They openly admit in certain groups that their goal is to take full control over all the food and water. And then they lie to your face and deny it. Like Biden hasn’t cognitively declined; Kamala doesn’t support and push policies that are communist; the shot will keep you from catching Covid and spreading it; OK it won’t keep you from catching it, but it will keep you from spreading it; OK it won’t keep you from spreading it, but it will keep you from catching it as severely; they aren’t letting illegals in without vetting them properly; there are no Venezuelan gangs taking over cities in America; illegals aren’t voting; etc. I am one of the rare people ahead of the game because my mom used to know a guy high up in the CIA. Everything she told me he said has come true. This has all been planned before I was born.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

@@Owjdnskoakansbskk Because he's an American and we generally aren't used to authoritarian measures being taken.

[@carymarshallfelton9188]

The city went around cutting people's fruit trees in Miami back in the 90s.

[@melodynice7938]

​@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusketJust the Patriot Act alone is overwhelming on all levels. But you seemed to not being used to authoritarian measures, ok lol

[@Zennitube]

the people telling you not to worry about the pesticides promptly got the hell out of the zone ASAP

[@monicabourn]

OMG, I was in elementary school back when they sprayed. If not for this video I had completely forgotten about this! Hoping this pest doesn't travel east!

[@kylewarren5268]

Thats absolutely NOT an absurd reaction. Just one can undo everything. And uf there is one then there are definitely waaaaaaay more u dont know about

[@sertandoom4693]

People who grow fruit should be very worried about them.

[@squidward5110]

Oh my God it's a fruit fly they are tiny little maggots you eat them already and don't even know. Eat more maggots and less pesticides you'll probably get healthier

[@PsyFyFungi]

@@squidward5110 The problem isn't the nuisance of a fruit fly being in your food, they're destructive to crops: C. capitata is the most economically important fruit fly species because of both its ability to survive cooler climates more successfully than most other fruit fly species and its ability to inhabit more than 200 tropical fruits and vegetables to which it causes severe destruction and degradation. The practices that are used to eradicate the medfly after its introduction into a new environment can be extremely difficult and expensive, but infestation of C. capitata lowers crop yields and induces costly sorting processes for fresh fruits and vegetables.

[@vindiesel1469]

I'll never forget seeing the formation of helicopters flying over homes spraying malathion, as a child it was terrifying. I remember it damaged paint on all if the cars.

[@dustintacohands1107]

Wow that’s wrong

[@bhardasullivan720]

Oh wow, damaged car paint. That’s so much worse than devastating the entire state’s agricultural base, and running a risk of it spreading east.

[@MeshugaMatch-m6q]

@bhardasullivan720 oh bless your heart. If it can damage paint, imagine what it does to your lungs, skin and eyes. But you do you, DERP DERPY DOO.

[@vindiesel1469]

@@MeshugaMatch-m6q I didn't spray it the helicopters did... I was 8 years old so who is the real derpy doo here?

[@crisdlcruz145]

Damaged car paint? Must be 100%safe

[@dornishred6033]

“The AIDS---no! The Ebola…..” Caught himself there lmao😂

[@MurderBong]

NO, AIDS WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH OF A WORD…. EBOLA, IS WAY TF WORSE THAN AIDS… 😅

[@KevinAugustt]

Caught himself finding a better disease to use for comparison?

[@dornishred6033]

@@KevinAugustt or one that’s less fraught with political and societal stigmas.

[@FawxDaddy]

Crazy we live in a world where we have to correct ourselves when speaking the truth. 😂

[@naingaung2748]

Shitters on x would’ve grilled him for no reason. 😅

[@Mmdmade]

I was 11 in 1983 and remembered feeling confused and afraid of the med fly situation

[@michwashington]

😮

[@odoroussmegma2191]

shut up.

[@YungFondo]

@@odoroussmegma2191calm down young man

[@JohnnyCrushx3]

I was not born in 1983 and remember feeling nothing of the med fly situation

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I remember it as well.

[@livid_spider]

Gotta glass the area. That’s the only option at this point :/

[@the__man]

nuke

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

A sacrifice we are willing to make! 😞

[@gingerfication3375]

Bro’s looking for any excuse 😂

[@somerandomname3124]

It wouldn't be a very big loss for humanity that's for sure.

[@richardlynch1094]

Oh no! I remember being sprayed by a helicopter in Berkeley in the 80s trying to control med flies.

[@killclimbz]

I was riding my bike home late and got sprayed by the helicopters. It was disgusting and fortunately I was just about home. Got hosed and showered off quickly. I was a terrified kid when that happened.

[@trevorwilliams1783]

imagine reading this with no context XD

[@anneshirley9560]

@@killclimbzthat sounds scary, especially if you're a kid. Do you remember if there was a warning that went up beforehand?

[@georgebeckons539]

were you a med fly?

[@ilikefire0]

Imagine being the guy they send out to catch that fly

[@sgraham4533]

It was sprayed in many cities in the bay area. Would love to know if there was any follow up healthwise on us people that lived in those areas that were sprayed and what the long-term effects were of that spraying.

[@modriotgaming]

Would recommend you lookup operation sea-spray, the US governement has a well established history of experimenting on its own citizens without consent. Happened primary in the 1950-1970's, but additional operations closer to present day are more well hidden than those of the past, so theres no telling how many the populace has been exposed to past that period in time.

[@modriotgaming]

Would recommend you lookup operation sea-spray, the US governement has a well established history of experimenting on its own citizens without consent. Happened primary in the 1950-1970's, but additional operations closer to present day are more well hidden than those of the past, so theres no telling how many the populace has been exposed to past that period in time.

[@modriotgaming]

Would recommend you lookup operation sea-spray, the US gov. has a well established history of experimenting on its own citizens without consent. Happened primary in the 1950-1970's, but additional operations closer to present day are more well hidden than those of the past, so theres no telling how many the populace has been exposed to past that period in time.

[@bhardasullivan720]

@@modriotgamingYou’re ginning up paranoia and fear over nothing. Or do you actually _want_ California’s agricultural base to be damaged?

[@Rustyknife1]

Look at commiefornia now and your seeing the results

[@noel_996]

Now we just waiting for the rain at this point.

[@AlohaLowah]

As a very little kid I knew there was something about fruit and CA. I remember all the ag checks whenever we traveled to Reno from Sac. And now I know why. It's funny how as a kid, you only understand parts of something. Super interesting.

[@akuiori]

Ive worked on this type of project before, itll be probably 4 yrs long and the they drop sterile flys to stop breeding until they cant find them in traps anymore

[@blakespower]

wow I remember this was so big in the 80's MED FLY INVASION!

[@vindiesel1469]

There were agricultural checkpoints stopping traffic on the highways. It was incredible.

[@the__man]

california has those normally everyday.. lol.

[@AshGreen359]

They are still there.

[@vindiesel1469]

these were in places like Altamont Pass, and Mission San Jose @ 680.

[@jacobt1045]

If anyone here is wanting to watch a quick video on the history of the MedFly, go check out "The Battle Over the MedFly" by the NY Times. Their Retro Report series has a lot of great breakdowns over recent historical events.

[@mamawren2795]

My father was a farmer in California in 70’s - 80’s I was a child but remember the freak out over those flies.

[@thegreenmintyeeen3889]

We need to introduce more frogs and fish !

[@anneshirley9560]

Good idea. And bats.

[@Svid1701D]

So, now we get a little protein with our fruit? 😂🤮

[@delaneydemourelles2517]

The apathy and dismissiveness of this reporter is unnerving.

[@Handle70770]

It’s called Neutral tone and it’s required for the job. The unnerving is all on you.

[@momsterzz]

Would you rather he have a panic attack? remain calm

[@bhardasullivan720]

@@momsterzzThere’s a lotta daylight between “this is a potential disaster that must be dealt with immediately, using the proven methods we have already successfully implemented,” and “panic.” “Neutral tone” is fine for reporting on the garden club or high school debate society, not a potential statewide agricultural disaster, with knock-on effects that will hurt the entire country.

[@jessicah3782]

wait the news judt going to accept that it's gonna be a part of the bay area now ? hell no

[@captainbuddyfantastic4181]

You’re stupidity is amazing

[@darkknight097]

Yup. Too many people nowadays would rather have a medfly infestation than have their daily life interrupted with pest control efforts

[@mellowyellowmom7631]

I was in Walmart in Upstate NY a few days ago, just minding my business. I looked down and my wrist had a HUGE spider on it! It was so big and not like any spider I’ve seen around here. I screamed and did a weird jerky dance. It crawled under a shelf and I was traumatized for days after. (I’m terribly afraid of spiders.) With all the transporting of food and goods from all over the place, that spider could have been from anywhere. Ugh!!!! Also, when someone screams in Walmart, nobody comes to see if you’re being attacked….disconcerting!😂

[@Senator-KO]

Yeah worse case scenario it could have been a Brazilian wandering spider(Phoneutria). They sometimes come in banana imports from out of the country. These spiders rank #2 in more venomous spiders in the world. 😱 😨

[@falconer7166]

Chances are it was from here. And a Brazilian wandering spider wouldn't survive the trip. Nice fear mongering

[@mechmany2k]

We had malathion helecopter spraying in Pasadena as well... made a mess on our vehicles.

[@1CoupedeTat]

my car finish still bears the scars from it

[@seansingh4421]

It can give women really bad boobie cancers as well.

[@bhardasullivan720]

Poor baby. You prefer all our produce being infested with maggots? Setting aside the economic catastrophe that would be, consider the knock-on effect on the rest of the country. We supply a massive portion of the nation’s produce. If we can’t maintain our production, it’ll drive up food prices literally everywhere.

[@soconoha]

Easy down, edgy.

[@SlackjawProductions]

Lmao Bharda seething in multiple comment threads.

[@ch0zman]

Yall come on in! Door is wide open, bring all of your food and drinks with you as well!

[@2434-k3l]

Essentially just even further limiting people’s ability to grow their own food instead of relying on stores.

[@GabrielleTollerson]

exactly

[@drewthedweeeb]

Oh boohoo

[@fluffles9591]

Build a greenhouse lol like the rest of places that have this bug problem

[@JosephWallace-xo8sg]

It's all fruit and veg lol....where do you think their fruit comes from.

[@Samthefrogking]

@@drewthedweeebyou say that now but you truly don’t understand the consequences if people stop being able to grow their own fruits and vegetables

[@Mila-lu4mb]

I have seen them recently in my back patio 😮

[@rwild9356]

If you have, try to get a picture and send it in

[@Mila-lu4mb]

@@rwild9356 okay I will thank you

[@Owjdnskoakansbskk]

I didn’t know about the spraying in 81. That explains so much about Bay Area locals.

[@snowairland]

Malathion was also sprayed in San Diego.

[@postandghost9391]

It explains all the gay people 🫢

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Wow, the comments here are so utterly trashy, uneducated, and blatantly foolish, it's actually astonishing. Normally, I'm unsurprised by the jank I see from online accounts, but these are just tone deaf as all h3||.

[@StreamRunner]

😂

[@muskylemons9357]

How so?​@@postandghost9391

[@YarrowPressburg]

I lived there back then, we were being sprayed constantly, then I went to Guatemala where they would throw all the produce on top of the bus, not spraying it, then come inside the bus and spray all the people.

[@RoseNZieg]

is it possible to create a fly trap specifically for this fly?

[@sertandoom4693]

yes- a plastic gallon jug half filled with water and a few drops of chemical that attracts them.

[@rwild9356]

@@sertandoom4693 They should have tutorials on how to set this up if that is the case

[@sertandoom4693]

@@rwild9356 really easy get a gallon jug, fill halfway with water, add a couple of drops of the lure, and hang anywhere. Can't remember the name of the lure- used in the eighties and these days I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday.

[@Senator-KO]

Think of a biological solution. Maybe a parasitic fungus that only infects the Med fly? A cordyceps variant? 🤔🧐

[@johnathonsnape-mclean3457]

How do they know that a fly is sterile and can’t get his rocks off😂what about jurassic park!😂

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

"Nothin more dangerous than a wounded mosquito!"

[@Crayfish-]

I grew up in Riverside, California. At night as a little boy I could hear the Crickets at night with their Double [ or two toned ] chirpings. If a Cat or Person would walk by you could hear All the Crickets Stop ! And after a while you would hear about 1000 - crickets begin to gradually make Noise Again ! They are Gone now / Those sound effects were Pleasant, and they were good for warnings too ! I miss the " Sound of those crickets. " So if this retired Etymology Professor from U.C. Davis Knows Where to Buy those crickets in Bulk / " That would be Appreciated " !

[@MC4TWT]

You must have your property sprayed for bugs pretty regularly. Crickets are prolific and thrive just about everywhere. As long as they have a place to hide, like the mulch of a flower bed, they'll live there.

[@dustintacohands1107]

I’m Nebraska and I hardly see fireflies like when I was a kid. They used to be fun to watch dancing around.

[@Poetic69]

Where i live theres crickets every single night chirping away through the complex . Im surprised you miss them lol

[@Senator-KO]

Hello from your neighbor Moreno Valley California! 👋 👋

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I remembered the helicopters flying overhead at night.

[@blaketurner7989]

The aids of house flys? EVERYBODY GET INSIDE!!!!!

[@hkr321hkr]

😂

[@PigRipperLAW]

1. Was the spraying the best option and was it actually dangerous? 2. What else can be done to eliminate this problem?

[@nopenope3678]

This is how dead rising 1 happen

[@AshGreen359]

I remember those helicopters spraying everyone

[@TAdler-ex8px]

If only we had border check points to keep this from happening. Maybe there should be a law to protect us. 🙄

[@CyberCheese392]

What if that medfly expert brought the bug back so that he could do a thing to talk about it 😂

[@bhardasullivan720]

Conspiracy nonsense.

[@Whowhatwherewhy]

Never just one mosquito Remember malathion ? Ruined my Monte Carlo lacquer paint job. Pitted so bad and AAA paid for new paint

[@PeaceJourney...]

Weird how they make just the tiniest hole and the fruit looks perfect one day, and a sodden mess of rot the next.

[@MeshugaMatch-m6q]

I remember that if you were driving along the interstate, you were forced to pull into a weight station, where you were asked what types of food was in your car, including in the trunk. All fruit had to be confiscated. They even did this at the border. My mom bought 10lbs of oranges in Mexico, and she had to hand them over to security at the border crossing. I remember seeing the pile of confiscated fruit inside the building where the border agents processed us, which were covered with flies. 🤔😂

[@spacemanspiff6332]

Is there some reason people can't eat a maggot? Aside from the "ew gross" part? Are they poisonous or something?

[@whytho8714]

Dude really said this the aids of the flys then corrected himself and said ebola 🤣😂

[@danielhughes441]

I remember in the 80s when this invasive species first came to California and the planes that would fly over and spray malathion pesticide.

[@cordeliabuffy6419]

We have those here. No big deal. We have spotted lantern flies too.

[@TellTheTruth1]

I remember in Pasadena California I was 10 years old. A truck used to go down the street spraying the neighborhood.. we would have to stay inside until the next day

[@chrisregister8021]

Other countries grow everything in greenhouses. I think that in the coming years we should consider the same solution.

[@volkerengels5298]

....and pay the higher price.

[@chrisregister8021]

@@volkerengels5298 No worse than the prices would be with failed crops.

[@volkerengels5298]

@@chrisregister8021 Sure According to NASA we have to expect shortage of corn harvest by 20% til 2030. Wheat will lose significant nutritional value. You can't scale your idea within 5 years -> changing agriculture in industrialized countries is a big big thing. Interests and crime as usual :)) The agricultural industry is responsible for a significant portion of GHG emissions as well as environmental pollution and poisoning. So far, the lobby has managed to ensure that not much is said about it. They also provide the food.... Blackmail at its finest. 'Stop eating meat' would solve the problem - at least for a while. Man, you know your neighbors... they will argue til the end of time about the 'meat' issue. LOL

[@kidkique]

Have you ever seen a cornfield or a wheat field? they stretch for miles and miles and miles... How can you build a greenhouse that big?

[@ashd.6989]

We already waste like a 3rd of all food produced. Let's stop the greed up top @volkerengels5298

[@paulbegley1464]

I remember when it all got started

[@Night-man123]

Need to get rid of all these damn bugs

[@andrehinds4804]

BOT FLIES. . HOLD MY BEER 🍺!?

[@michaelavila5056]

I would love to see a report about all the children that grew up there during that time and what ailments they suffer as adults now? I’m will to bet Parkinson’s is abnormally high 🤔

[@mirandaandrews2872]

Read the comments😊there are so many people who remember that time.

[@PureBloodedwolf]

You can definitely trust the pesticides they are spraying are not dangerous at all.

[@mho...]

hey from the flies perspective, we build paradise...whole landscapes filled with fruits, no wonder.. *nature, uuuh, finds a way*

[@GabrielleTollerson]

here we go again

[@kdis20]

he quickly realized aids wasn't the direction he wanted to go.

[@user-kl8lo6rj5i]

Ebola sort of mutated into a less harmful disease over time, so that really doesn't work either. Marburg maybe? Black Plague?

[@jacquelinejuana34]

Dear Lord, please help us solve the med bug problem and keep our communities safe ❤ In Jesus name amen :)

[@ivonnel617]

Omg who is to say they not here in San Jose

[@gilvietor1918]

Wait till the flies learn about the crime, theyll leave

[@littletimmy5940]

Did they fly across the Pacific or Atlantic? Or Did they come from fruit from the border?

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

Sounds like we are creating a super fly that will be super fertile for future generations to deal with

[@GTH321]

Fruit flies are a deep rabbit hole, no joke

[@Phar2Rekliss]

How did it get there?

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

What happens if you eat fruit that has med fly young in it?

[@anotherplottwist]

You see those all over the state

[@oliverstianhugaas7493]

No worries, just let them be.

[@nameuser4406]

We been getting sprayed for several years now. What is really happening.

[@salpine]

Imagine the power they wield, imagine if it was made up?

[@LeoZhao01]

This legendary fly is a powerful engine of destruction. Virtually invincible, very few have faced this awesome creature and lived to tell the tale.

[@mena10ss]

Gonna need to send this fly to the shadow realm

[@kevo300]

Legendary bloatfly

[@crystalbepsis]

Based flavor text

[@elsagrace3893]

If they would just SPRAY it like last time we’d be fine! It’s going to be so sad when there are no more fruit trees grown and that will be the consequence.

[@lovewillwinnn]

(((1:43))) Where??? Where’s SaNizay? Is it close to San JOse? 🤔

[@Craby-yw9eq]

Why don't they just use Neem oil so that they don't go on the fruit.

[@Austin-bernard]

Just peachy.

[@devonhill9099]

0:50 ah, i see why people panicked… I would be burning all the fruit. And if fire doesn’t work, sulfuric acid.

[@Nashr26]

Dafuq is a med fly?

[@Yellow_Fish7]

Well, I still see a decent amount of fruit flies here in OC every once in a while, so...

[@codybez]

But didn’t it work?

[@crowbar3157]

What's the problem that's a delicacy nowadays

[@Child_Of_Whoa]

oh the good 'ol days, when you could just dump something with "cide" in the name all over an American town 🤦

[@SiliconValleyMommy]

Ok so what happens if we eat the fruits??

[@Poetic69]

Youre eating its eggs / maggots too then!

[@stormtellier3804]

​@@Poetic69 mmm I love extra protein in my fruits and veggies am joking and being sarcastic

[@Craby-yw9eq]

That's stupid.

[@agoogleaccount2861]

Solar fly zap traps on every light post would probably do it actually

[@tarawhite4419]

Creepy bug creepy bug

[@StiffAftermath]

Good thing I don't eat fruit 😅

[@Heavilymoderated]

So, call me crazy, but wouldn’t it just be a little extra protein?

[@brucel399]

Let me guess. The state is going to Malathion the enter state again like in the 80s over it??? CHEERS from Colorado

[@SheriKeenan]

I see these in AZ in USA all the time.

[@brandoferg6460]

This is how Moa defeated the locust

[@KaneDean313]

Breaking Bad Anyone ......!?

[@armageddonready4071]

At least they stopped using ddt in the 1970.

[@stunytsuR]

Good thing I was born in 89 😂

[@1CoupedeTat]

they were spraying for them past y2k

[@Bob-jv4yf]

I’m going to start breeding Med Flies

[@octagram2955]

There prolly wasn't even a med fly

[@Theegoaat]

I'll keep my eyes out for old blue eyes!😂

[@festungkurland9804]

lol well lets do nothing...great job everyone

[@muskylemons9357]

Great...

[@grantgrow]

The Donner party would have loved that fruit