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The following Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines were amended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) on June 26:
BROWNSVILLE
APHIS and TDA expanded the Brownsville quarantine in Cameron County by 21 square miles following a detection, confirmed on June 10, of one Mexfly larva in a Texas olive fruit on a residential property in Brownsville. The area within the expansion does not contain commercial citrus. The total quarantine area is 147 square miles and includes 103 acres of commercial citrus.
EDINBURG-PALMVIEW-DONNA
APHIS and TDA merged the Edinburg-Palmview and Donna quarantines in Hidalgo County and removed 44 square miles, including 945 acres of commercial citrus, from quarantine. APHIS and TDA merged these quarantine areas following a detection, confirmed on June 11, of one Mexfly larva in sour orange on a residential property in Alamo. The Edinburg-Palmview-Donna quarantine area is 430 square miles and includes 9,454 acres of commercial citrus.
HARLINGEN-SEBASTIAN
The Harlingen-Sebastian quarantine in Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties is reduced by 15 square miles. There is no commercial citrus in the area removed from the quarantine. The amended quarantine area is 428 square miles and includes 1,459 acres of commercial citrus.
SULLIVAN CITY
The Sullivan City quarantine in Hildago County has been reduced by 9 square miles. The amended quarantine area is 71 square miles with no commercial citrus included.
In addition, two Mexfly quarantines were removed in Texas:
BAYVIEW
The Bayview Mexfly quarantine in Cameron County was removed on June 27. This action released 90 square miles, including 285 acres of commercial citrus, from quarantine.
LYFORD
On June 30, the Lyford Mexfly quarantine in Willacy County was removed. This action released 71 square miles with no commercial citrus from quarantine.
The APHIS exotic fruit flies web page contains descriptions and maps of the Mexfly quarantine areas and all current federal fruit fly quarantine areas.
Source: APHIS
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