Millions of Dyed Fruit Flies Harvested at Military Base to be Dropped Over Los Angeles
A Los Angeles neighborhood is under quarantine due to an invasive species of Asian fruit flies — and California is gearing up to drop millions of fruit flies on them to combat the infestation.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture quarantined 69 square miles of the Los Angeles area in July, including parts of downtown and South L.A., Hyde Park, Baldwin Hills, Culver City, Inglewood, Pico-Robertson, and Mid-Wilshire.
According to a report from the SFGate, “If you live in Los Angeles and look up, there’s a chance you might see them: small twin-engine airplanes circling over the city, unleashing hundreds of thousands of insects marked with a unique purple dye. And though it might sound unusual,
